Chakeeta – Empowered for a Good Life

  12,844 steps. That’s how many steps Chakeeta Thomas has taken today. “And it’s a light day,” laughs Chakeeta. “If I work a banquet, it’s always more.” Chakeeta is determined, resilient, with indefatigable energy. And, as her friends will say: she steps up.  A caseworker connected Chakeeta with St. Louis Arc when she was still…