Sharilyn Ray

Sharilyn Ray is first and foremost a believer in Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior! She graduated from Wichita State University in 2013 with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work and in 2014 with a Master’s degree in Social Work. She obtained her Doctoral degree in 2025. Sharilyn worked for a state-contracted agency and a smaller CPA agency working with children and their families. During this time at these other agencies, Sharilyn worked as a Resource Home Advocate, Adoption Case Manager, and Supervisor. She also began private therapy practice.  After 5 years, Sharilyn recognized a gap in the services children, biological families, and foster families received. She founded and licensed Restoration Family Services (RFS), where she began supporting foster homes through licensing and provided private therapy services pro bono for those needing help. Sharilyn has a passion for educating, mentoring, and serving those who are a part of social services. Sharilyn’s passion stems from not just preaching about service to children and families but also practicing this through her family, which has been a foster family for about 9 years now. They have also adopted three siblings to help them remain together. Sharilyn’s aspirations are to help bring unity throughout her state and, eventually, her country with policies that represent GOD first and benefit people.