Mary A. Tumpkin is president of the Universal Foundation for Better Living and the founding minister of the Universal Truth Center for Better Living in Miami-Dade County, Florida. She has also created two independent non-profit affiliates: The Universal Truth Community Development Corporation which was created to help address business development, housing, and educational needs of a surrounding community, and the Universal Academy, a not-for-profit Child Care and Early Learning Center currently serving parents of students six months thru second grade.