by Rania Mankarious | May 6, 2018 | Blog
Raise your hand if you’ve done one of those DNA tests…! It’s been the latest craze as we all want to know exactly where we’re really from. While my hubby and I haven’t taken one yet, we do have two kits waiting for us to swab, send and...
by Rania Mankarious | Apr 29, 2018 | Blog
It’s Thursday evening and I’m reading about the breaking news regarding Bill Cosby. A jury found Cosby guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault and for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home near Philadelphia in 2004....
by Rania Mankarious | Apr 22, 2018 | Blog
We were born 50 years and 10 days apart. She in New York, me in Boston; both in the month of June. Beyond that, there was nothing even remotely similar about our lives. She was considered US royalty, our First Lady and so much more. Me, a child of immigrant parents...
by Rania Mankarious | Apr 15, 2018 | Blog
If you’re older than 30, you’re more than likely an active Facebook user. We are a unique group that photographs everything, shares everything, checks in everywhere and tags ourselves daily as we chronicle work, food, life, travel, hobbies and family. But...
by Rania Mankarious | Apr 8, 2018 | Blog
It was Thursday and we were at the Houston Zoo for a school field trip. It was packed with children running and squealing. Groups of parents walked by with backpacks and strollers; teachers followed their maps and had their class coolers. Surely nothing truly bad...
by Rania Mankarious | Mar 25, 2018 | Blog
I was in a meeting with Crime Stoppers Board Member and one of our Leading Women for Public Safety, Donae Chramosta, just two days ago. Our hope was to meet with another community volunteer and ask for support as we seek to expand our free Safe School Program into...
by astoundz | Mar 12, 2018 | Blog
Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in America. Warning Signs Of Identity Theft Your monthly credit card and bank statements suddenly stop arriving. You are denied credit for reasons that do not match your understanding of your financial position. You...
by Rania Mankarious | Mar 4, 2018 | Blog
Here’s the problem. Right now, at any given moment, there is a lucrative $150 billion-dollar enterprise made up of sellers, users and providers that is 100 percent criminal in nature and spiraling out of control. The commodity being sold? Young men and women....
by Rania Mankarious | Feb 25, 2018 | Blog
About two years ago, I was asked to give a presentation at the Federal Reserve Bank in Houston. I remembered driving up to the facility and it was barricaded off in such a thoughtful way. Once inside, the security was overwhelming. I remembered the building had very...
by Rania Mankarious | Feb 15, 2018 | Blog
It was a story KPRC broke that certainly got our attention – as well as the attention of parents all over the Houston area. In it, KPRC shared the terrifying story of a young Houston boy who was molested while at a popular Houston area summer camp. Following the...