Meet Our Founder

There are some people who build organizations from ideas. And then there are people who build them from survival, faith, sacrifice, and purpose. The Wright Choice Foundation was born from the lived journey of its founder, Terica K. Wright, a woman whose life became proof that pain does not have to be the end of your story.

Terica is a nonprofit leader, mental health advocate, suicide prevention supporter, author, program developer, and survivor whose mission is rooted in real-life experience, compassion, and unwavering faith. Her journey has included overcoming childhood trauma, domestic violence, homelessness, depression, spiritual conflict, and four suicide attempts. Yet through every battle, she continued to rise, heal, and pour love into others. 

For more than 15 years, Terica has dedicated her life to helping individuals and families facing emotional pain, crisis, instability, and trauma. Long before establishing a formal nonprofit, she was already doing the work, opening her home, providing support, mentoring youth, helping families rebuild, and becoming a safe place for people who had nowhere else to turn. Over the years, she has provided housing and support to more than 27 individuals and families while building a foundation centered on healing, accountability, compassion, and restoration. 

What makes Terica’s story extraordinary is not simply what she survived, but who she became through it.

After enduring years of emotional pain and life-altering challenges, she made the courageous decision to transform her suffering into service. Today, she is pursuing advanced education in psychology and Christian counseling while maintaining a 4.0 GPA at Liberty University, where she has earned Dean’s List recognition and membership in the Omega Nu Lambda National Honor Society. She is also pursuing Master’s and Doctoral studies in Christian Counseling through Global Empowerment School of Ministry. 

In addition to her nonprofit leadership, Terica has worked within healthcare systems and government-supported initiatives, including supporting large-scale healthcare implementation projects, real estate firms and the State of Georgia. Her professional background includes nonprofit leadership, healthcare administration, accounting, operations, crisis support, and trauma-informed care. 

Terica is also the creator of:

• The Wright Choice Foundation - Heart Angel Workbook Journal 
• Full Circle: 6 Steps Back to You - 6 Acronyms Emotional healing framework 
• The Heart Angel Project | Peace Break Movement
• Heart Angel Campus - Phase 1, 2, 3, 4

Her vision continues to expand through the future development of the Heart Angel Campus, a safe and restorative environment focused on mental health support, life skills, counseling, creativity, spiritual growth, and second-chance opportunities for youth, young adults, families, community and veterans. 

But above every title, accomplishment, or accolade, Terica’s greatest testimony is this:

She never gave up.

Even after being told, she would never be good enough.
Even after trauma tried to silence her.
Even after depression tried to convince her life had no value.

She chose to heal.
She chose to grow.
She chose purpose.

Today, her life stands as living proof that your beginning does not determine your destiny. Your past does not disqualify your future. And no matter how dark life becomes, healing, transformation, education, leadership, and purpose are still possible.

Terica believes that every person deserves to feel seen, heard, valued, and loved, and through The Wright Choice Foundation, she is committed to helping others rediscover hope, rebuild their lives, and realize that they too can overcome anything placed before them.

Love Always,