She is known in the city of Cleveland for her neighborhood approach to steering people away from violence and is now taking her voice and expertise across Cuyahoga County.
The county tapped Myesha Watkins to lead its new Office of Violence Prevention.
Watkins, who is the executive director for the Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance, says this is her calling.
“I am still the same Myesha forever in the community and now just trying to figure out how we bring those voices to the county,” Watkins said…