Paula Silva is president and cofounder of FOCUS Ministries, Inc., www.focusministries1.org. She has been ministering to women and families who experience domestic violence and abusive relationships since 1995. She holds a B.A. in Elementatry Education and a M.A. in Counseling. She has been a guest on Midday Connection on the Moody Broadcasting Network, Time for Hope TV, Harvest Show, and WYLL AM. As coauthor of Violence Among Us: Ministry to Familes in Crisis, she has been featured in Today's Christian Woman Magazine, AACC Counseling Magazine, and Just Between Us. She is a mother of three grown children and five grandchildren.