Remarkable Women: Carmela Spikes-Williams uses positive outlook to pave paths to success
VIDALIA, Ga. (WSAV) – As a community leader, mother of seven, and eternal optimist, Carmela Spikes-Williams is known as someone who will always help you forge a path forward.
March is Women’s History Month, and as one of WSAV’s Remarkable Women finalists, Carmela is no stranger to adversity.
“I’ve had a lot of really low lows,” she said. “My mom was a single mom working two jobs all the time and three at Christmas. One year I was kidnaped and raped, to dropping out of high school in 11th grade, being a teen mom, going back to school finishing as an honor graduate and then for a couple of years, I was just kind of floating around. Then I went back to school and when I went back to school — everything changed.”