Daria Dillard Stone
Reverend Daria Dillard Stone, "The Servant," is a Dayton, Ohio minister, educator, and founding CEO of Sharing Ministries, serving as Parent Engagement Liaison with Dayton Metro Library and creator of the S.T.A.R. Program.
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Apr 13, 2026
LouraHOST
So what led you to create the STAR program?
Daria Dillard StoneGUEST
To be honest, when I was at PACE, it's an organization that I was hired to work at in 2000.
Daria Dillard StoneGUEST
And we were in what was called a janitor's closet at first, working with Mary Lynn Naughton and Dr. T.J. Wallace.
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HarmonyHOST
it's so important that um as as women and as leaders or not that we have the A support network doesn't just consist of being busy, but of people who are actually carrying us.
HarmonyHOST
Okay, so I would like to ask the next question, which is about your childhood, right? So how do you feel like your childhood influenced the person you are today?
Daria Dillard StoneGUEST
It influenced me a lot, Harmony, because as the oldest at the time of 12, I started working at 15.
Daria Dillard StoneGUEST
But as mom remarried and dad remarried and had other kids, we were never taught to call them half or step.
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HarmonyHOST
to be a part of that.