Originally from Ventura County, California, Ms. Marlina Thompson relocated to the Greater Atlanta Area in 2010. Ms. Thompson holds the title of Managing Community Partner for the non-profit Legacy Moves, Inc. This organization is a conglomerate that seeks to be a source for families who are in need. As part of the vision to reach as many possible, we are projected to operate at full capacity by the Fall of 2022. 

After moving, Ms. Thompson worked to achieve her certification and pursued a career in medical billing and coding which rekindled her love of both numbers and philanthropy. From an early age, she participated in activities including volunteering at local elderly homes, tutoring her peers, participating as a Sunday school teacher as well as other church-related ministries, and served as president of her high school club, Teens for Humanity. Each extracurricular activity helped foster a deep desire to be a stewardess of service to her community.

During the Fall of 2020, Ms. Thompson helped her family revive her grandfather's old syrup mill in Amite County, Mississippi. While there she spent time learning the legacy of ‘Albert Weathersby’s Sugar Cane Syrup’ and how his service impacted her family as well as the community. With her entrepreneurial flame re-lit and her faith lighting the way, Ms. Thompson devised a plan that focused on creating access to generational wealth for her community.

With a new vision in her view, Ms. Thompson has put her flourishing career in medical billing on hold, to commit herself to build a better community and redefining what’s considered ‘the norm’. From the most grandiose of her ideas to the most idiosyncratic, she decided to make a plan of action to see her vision of a better society come to fruition. The start of her endeavors was, to begin with, a business and a non-profit, which would aim to educate and provide aid to those in need by promoting financial literacy and resources for basic needs. 

In January 2021, she began the path of starting her first successful business as the CEO and lead instructor of Life Fetching CPR, LLC in Georgia. In February 2021, the founder and visionary of Legacy Moves, Inc., Mrs. Greer, shared with Ms. Thompson an inspiring opportunity. The initial hashtag ‘#DoingItForTheLegacy’ and its purpose was viewed as divine confirmation of her personal assignment.

Ms. Thompson is excited about the impact this opportunity will bring to the families of South Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the Greater Atlanta  Area. As she studies to further her education, skill, and knowledge base to create supplementary assistance to her community, she is excited to celebrate with the Legacy Moves family in their milestones and future possibilities of service.