I am a hereditary Witch and have been practicing Witchcraft all of my life, even when I was too young to know it. I was trained by my grandparents in their skills and also within Voodoo by my aunt. I was of the Rosarian Tradition of Witchcraft for 10 years and am currently of the Tradition of the Sidhe with the coven of The Southern Sidhe.

When I go into the different facilities, I try to be non-traditional within my teachings. I have performed 7 initiations within the walls and the individuals are really wonderful and changed people, which makes me proud to be a part of their lives.

I began my prison ministry at the Fairbanks Correctional Institute in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1989 or 1990 (can't remember the year :)which lead me into my first battle within DOC that lasted almost 4.5 years with a victory through the Human Rights Commission. I have never looked back and doubt if I will.

I currently go to 18 facilities within North and South Carolina. NCDOC uses me as their Wiccan Expert Advisor (these are their choice of words, not mine) and in June 2000, I was paid to train the Chaplains of NCDOC to better meet the needs of the Wiccan inmates.

Special - Darla is currently taking several independent study courses in disaster management practices and is involved with the CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) program.