Dwanna Swan Hadrick

D WANNA L A F AYE S WAN was born on January 8, 1969 to Burl Swan (deceased) and Gwendolyn Swan at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, TX. Even though Dwanna was born a healthy 6 lb. 7 oz unfortunately she was also born with a very rare medical condition called Lipodystrophy. Doctors said she wouldn’t live past 12 years old. In Dwanna’s early years she faced many challenges with her health. Some days were easy while most days were not because of her medical condition. She never complained nor did she allow it to stop her from reaching her goals or dreams. In life she drew her strength from it. Dwanna was introduced to Christ at a very early age and Dwanna’s love for God family and people became her purpose passion and destiny in life. Dwanna was a very beautiful, smart, kind, loving, giving, intelligent, peaceful human being. She was very mild tempered and if she wasn’t let’s just say someone else changed her temper and she had to let them know who she was. Dwanna was filled with knowledge and passionate about her education. Dwanna graduated from Chisolm Trail Academy in 1987 (high school). After high school, Dwanna attended Hill Junior College in 1992 and received her associate of science. She went on to attend Amber University where she received Master of Science in 1997. After attending Amber University she went on to attend Southwest Texas State University College of Health Professions where she received her Assisted Living Management Certificate program in 2001. During this time, Dwanna met and married her first husband Derrick Ary they were married in 2003 with this union came their fur babies (dogs), Tub Tub, Rascal and the one and only diva of the bunch Precious. They later adopted Georgie, Cisco, Alex and Maxima. Dwanna has always been strong, gifted, successful, businesswoman, with a work ethic like no other. While being a wife, a mother to her fur babies She started and ran a business. Her business was CSA Enterprise, Inc. Her love for helping people with disabilities is what led her to create CSA Enterprise Inc. Her passion to touch, change and impact lives was her true calling. While changing lives, she continued to change her own she attended Capella University where she received her Doctor of Philosophy in Human Services with specialization in health care administration in 2011. When I say my sister was educated, she was very educated. Dwanna loved to travel, loved to cook and she loved helping people. Dr. Dwanna also became a public speaker and a voice for people living with Lipodystrophy. She would travel to speaking engagements all across the US to speak about the research and work being done in Lipodystrophy, so her medical condition never dictated or stopped her life, it fueled it. In February 2020, her husband Derrick had a stroke and she would be right by his side until the pandemic (hospital rules during this time would not allow her to be by his side). He passed away in 2021. They traveled, they loved dining out, they went fishing and they enjoyed bowling. In the spring of this year, Dwanna found out that she had stage