Life After Prison: From Court Dates to Kitchen Plates
Life After Prison: From Court Dates to Kitchen Plates By: April Nicole About the Life After Series If you’re new here, Life After is a blog series featuring 15 women, 15 battles, and one powerful truth: there is life after . Through heartbreak, healing, and hard-won hope, Coach Jaleesa’s Happy Wife Happy Life is honored to help share their stories with the world. Foreword by Coach Jaleesa I met April after her prison sentence while we were working at McDonald’s, and I would’ve never guessed the journey she had been on. She was and still is focused, kind, funny, and full of potential. When she shared her testimony with me, I was in awe—not just because of what she had been through, but because of how powerfully God had transformed her life. April is living proof that redemption is real. She’s not just surviving—she’s thriving, leading, and inspiring. Watching her grow from fast food manager to ministry-minded visionary and chef has been nothing short of amazing. Her story w...