MEET CLAUDIA
CLAUDIA M. SANTIAGO
Executive Director
Claudia has a Bachelor's Degree with The Lord’s Outreach International and is an Ordained Minister with Christian National Church, Claudia is also an Ordained Chaplain with Inter-America's Chaplians Association.
She is the owner of FLYGUYPHOTOSHOP, an Online Blog assisting Prisoners with telling their story .
She is a single Mother of 5 children .
She was inspired to create this nonprofit because of a car ride one day to visit a friend she had that was Incarcerated.
CLAUDIA'S STORY
After spending 3 days in a County Jail in 2018, RTCPrisonMinistry was a Yearning God Placed In My heart. I realized everyone complained about not getting mail! The Pain of the lack of Support stayed with me!
"One day while driving to visit my loved one, I picked up a woman who was the mother whose son was incarcerated. She had not seen her son in 4 years but when I pick her up I didn't know she was a burned victim from head to toe. I never imagined that day would change my life. While driving she told me her life story and how she had burns over her body. She was in a house fire during her recovery she got pregnant with her son, the same son we were driving to visit.
Upon arriving at the prison, I was present when her son saw her and the tears just flowed for all of us. Her son crying told everyone around him including the guards that this was his mom and it was so emotional to watch. In prison you feel alone so visiting with family is so important. I know that we are not born evil, and most of us are a product of our environment . I thought maybe I can so something, so this is how I started my business, FLYGUY PHOTOSHOP.
I knew I needed to do more so I then decided that creating a nonprofit would help me reach out to Prisoner's by sending them Card's , letter's , Bibles , Devotionals and probably in the future assist Families who are unable to travel to see there loved ones.