Panning for Gold

Doneareum Winston is a native of Alabama. When Winston was 6 years old, he and his two younger brothers were placed into foster care. They soon became wards of the state. Winston would have to endure the constant changes and disruptions of bouncing from home to home and shelter to shelter over the next 13 years of his life. Doneareum excelled in writing and graduated high school in 2003. He received written essay scholarships to attend college. Winston was on the Dean's list and after completing the Welding Technology program, he soon began penning his firt book in 2005. Winston has shared his story about enduring hardships and overcoming adversity to all who have been intersted. Winston enjoys talking to youth, juveniles, and foster children, about making positive choices and decisions in their lives. He also enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, walking along the beach, nature's scenery, and writing words of encouragment through ventilating the painful emotions, many keep bottled within in at effort to share the fact that we must all endure a "struggle," at some point in our lives.