A felony conviction in 2012 changed the course of Destiny’s life, costing her career as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), her stability, and her sense of direction.
“I fell back on a lot of things,” she said. “I hit a great big depression spell.”
After incarceration, Destiny was determined to rebuild her life. That determination led her to Goodwill Kentucky.
“I relocated to Louisville,” she said. “I heard through the grapevine that Goodwill Kentucky works with people with criminal backgrounds. At that time, I met my superhero, Tom Saylor, my career coach.”
From that point on, Destiny’s goal was to help others as she was helped by Tom (pictured on the left). She completed job-readiness trainings, including RISE, which awarded her a financial incentive to pay rent and purchase clothes for job interviews.
After working with Goodwill Kentucky for more than a decade, Destiny began the expungement process at an Easy Expunctions Orientation in June 2025. On October 14, 2025, her felony charge was officially expunged. She said her record will be fully clear by March of 2026.
While completing her paperwork, Destiny reconnected with Tom, which was a full-circle moment for her.
“While we were sitting there doing paperwork, the expungement team reached out to Tom,” she said, tearing up. “He just happened to be in the building that day. I aspire to be like him. I even keep his video saved on YouTube for anyone who needs a pep talk.”
Inspired by her experience and the support she received, Destiny started her own nonprofit, Destiny Daniels Consulting, to help others using the same approach that helped change her life.
“I took what I knew about Goodwill, and I took it out into the community,” she said.
Today, Destiny wears many hats. She is a certified application counselor with CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), an authorized provider with the Kentucky Prescription Assistance Program, a suicide prevention instructor for the QPR Method, and she was recently elected president of her neighborhood association.
Her next goal is to renew the EMT license she once lost and return to the career that first inspired her to help others.
“When God blesses you, He blesses you hard,” she said. “Hopefully by this time next year, I’ll be a nationally registered emergency medical technician, out there saving lives even more than I am now.”