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On The Cover
For more than 26 years, ROSA DAVIS has Ann K. Howley is the author of the
served as the Executive Director of POWER award-winning memoir, Confessions of a Do-
whose mission is to help women reclaim their Gooder Gone Bad. A regular contributor to
lives from the disease of addiction and reduce Pittsburgh Parent Magazine, her articles and
the incidence of addiction in future generations. essays appear in publications nationwide, in-
Under Rosa’s leadership, POWER has grown cluding Skirt Magazine, Bicycle Times, Pitts-
from a single-program agency, to a multi-facet- burgh-Post Gazette and others, and is a con-
ed continuum of care offering a wide-range of tributor to the most recent HerStories Project
comprehensive addiction treatment and recov- anthology, So Glad They Told Me – Women
ery support services for nearly 1,500 women Get Real About Motherhood. She won the
each year. First Place Prize for Nonfiction in the 2015
and 2016 Pennwriters Writing Contest, and in
Rosa is a member of the University of Pitts- 2017, she won a national award from the Par-
burgh’s School of Social Work Executive enting Media Association. She has conducted
Council, the CLEAR Steering Committee and workshops in cities across the country, and
Allegheny County’s Block Grant Advisory teaches writing courses for CCAC’s Commu-
Board, and past president of the Pennsylvania nity Education Program. A popular speaker,
Halfway House Association and Soroptimist Ann loves to convince people that their lives
International of Pittsburgh. She is a passionate are worth writing about.
advocate for recognizing and treating addiction
as a health issue, not a moral failing. In recogni- Author of Confessions of a Do-Gooder Gone
tion of Rosa’s extensive service to improve the Bad, contributor to newest HerStories Project
lives of others, she was honored with a 2018 anthology, So Glad They Told Me – Women
Outstanding Alumni Award by the University Get Real About Motherhood, and runner who
of Pittsburgh’s School of Social Work. is coming close to 20 marathons.
Read my Mom About the Burgh Blog at:
http://annkhowley.com/blog
I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and
that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in
the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.
— Oprah Winfrey
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