Pastor Rosa Arnold is CEO of the Albert T. Mills Enrichment Center, Inc. The center was founded by Pastor Rosa after her adult son Albert was murdered by young men in Atlanta, Georgia in 1995. She was shocked by the callousness of the young killers and even in her grief, she felt led to minister to the children from the young men's neighborhoods.
Her mission is to teach at-risk preschool children to learn and play safely in a stable Christ-centered environment.
By giving the children better academic and social skills with Christian grounding, Pastor Rosa knows they become better prepared to succeed in school and society thus avoiding the hopelessness that leads to the destructive behaviors that murdered her son Albert.
Pastor Rosa's postsecondary education was at Paine College in Augusta, Georgia and Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.
She has worked as an elementary and preschool teacher, assistant dean, and a college counselor. In addition, she has pastored three churches in Atlanta, Georgia and Detroit, Michigan.
Pastor Rosa has received various awards and proclamations including:
- Outstanding community service proclamations from Gov. George Busbee, Mayor Maynard Jackson, and the Fulton County Commissioners
- The Eckerd's 100th Woman of the Year Award for community services
- The Civitan Club's community service award
- Numerous awards from churches and other community organizations
- The Turner Broadcasting Company's Pathfinder of the year in Education
- The 2008 NASCAR Angel award
- Rosa has been featured in Woman's Day magazine
- Atlanta Journal Constitution Holiday Hero for 2011