In the heart of Pensacola, Florida, one woman is redefining the intersection of healthcare and community support through Serenity Life Services. Dr. Rho Moore, a dedicated physical therapist, registered nurse, and non-profit founder, shares her journey of turning early life challenges into a powerful mission of service. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Rho Moore to discuss the vital importance of holistic wellness advocacy and why prioritizing community well-being is the ultimate act of leadership. She opens up about the resilience required to build a non-profit from scratch, the necessity of eradicating stress, and how she bridges the gap between clinical expertise and heartfelt care. Join us for an inspiring conversation on grace, tenacity, and the power of showing up for those who need it most.
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Deconstruct The Finish Line: Serenity Life Services With Dr. Rho Moore
People Are Inherently Good
Welcome back to the show, where every episode, we sit down with amazing women who have made leaps, both personally and professionally. In this episode, we’ve got a good one for you.
Our guest is a physical therapist, a registered nurse, a non-profit founder and a wellness advocate, and honestly, a walking testament to what it looks like to refuse to quit.
She is Rho Moore, the sister of our episode 64 guest, Carlista Conde. Talent clearly runs in the family.
Welcome to the show, Rho.
Thank you and thank you for having me. I’m excited.
The Foundations Of Community And Service
We are excited that you are here. Rho, we always started at the beginning. Take us back to Pensacola. How and where did you grow up? How did Pensacola shape the woman that you’ve become?
Pensacola, Florida, Blue Angels right there on the water. It’s a very small town, but two foundational aspects of growing up in Pensacola that shaped me into the role that I am growing up in just a small town. It is a small town. It’s big on community. Everything is big on community. Everybody knew everybody or they knew your people. That influences my disposition. I’m a very warm, very personable person just because its small town. You knew everybody and everybody hugs. It’s in the South.
That shaped my mind’s disposition growing up. Also, in the community, there’s a premise that people are inherently good. That’s just what I grew up seeing, the premise that people operated on in Pensacola. The second thing that shaped who I am is growing up in the church. In Pensacola, back in that day, every corner there was a church or people say church in a Walgreens, but a church and a church is chicken. We grew up in the church and the lady that raised us was, that was it. Maybe five days a week, we were in church. Coming home from school, sitting on the porch. Everybody else’s planned. We can’t get our clothes too dirty because we got to go to a women’s auxiliary meeting or Bible study.
Vacation bible school in the summer.
All of the things. Growing up in church serving is all I saw. That’s all I see. I knew the serving of the church members and serving the needy. Growing up in the South and growing up Baptist, where night service still was a thing.
I’m sorry. I didn’t grow up Baptist. What is night service?
It is what it is, night service.
Morning and night.
It’s like night service.
We call it night service. It starts about 6:00, so you’re in church all day.
Sylvia, it wasn’t instead of the morning service.
It’s not an option. It’s not like, “I’m going to go at 8:00 or 10:00.” You go into church all day, then you go to go get a church’s chicken, come back to the church and then you’re going to have service at night. The point I was making was, in night service, this is an old traditional, washing of the Saint’s feet. That was just practice. I don’t know if they still do it now, but I grew up doing it. I didn’t necessarily know who was sitting next to me but I had my bucket and my basin. That’s what I grew up doing.
When the question was what shaped me, I was surrounded by service and that’s all I saw. I was on the junior Usher board and again, the serving part of it. In the Sunday school committee, I had to help my grandma bake cakes and cook food for people who didn’t have or when people passed away. The community comes together for food. I was always serving. All of that to say, that was a big part of shaping who I am and that community did that for me.
That’s beautiful. I definitely heard two main things here, growing up in the small town. I’m curious about that because I can see how that can shape you in terms of loving and caring. You see the goodness in people. I’m curious what you think about how that small town feels now that there is social media and all of the other things that are out there for young people that are growing up. They may not just have that coddling or the caring and the small-town feel, where they get everything from outside. I wonder if they have that same type of feeling.
I go home quite frequently. We were just there. I will say it’s growing and growth brings things. Add on good and bad, social media, and all of the things that technology does. When I went to church, the church still is the nucleus of that community. Not so much in the projects we used to live in, but that church is still where you are going to have that feeling that I was talking about. That intimate feeling. The church community is still the nucleus outside of all of the social media. It’s still there. It’s very much still there.
Academic Success And Balancing Life As A Mother
Wonderful. You went to FAM. You are a rattler.
I am. Strike.
Talk about going to PAM. And I don’t know if you saw other people in your family that all went to FAM, but talk about your FAMU experience.
My sister and I were the only ones in our immediate family to go.
That’s episode 64 with Carlita Conde. Please check it out.
We were the only two leaving to go off to school in our family. It was a choice for me. I got a scholarship. We were both in the IB Program. I’m not sure if people are familiar with the International Baccalaureate program. It’s an international program that is only in certain schools in the country. It’s a rigorous program. I was very fortunate to have teachers. Even though we were poor when we grew up, we didn’t know a lot. The people who are raising us didn’t know that was in the area, but got sent. We had teachers that saw, for myself, things and potential.
I would have never known about this. They would come and get us into all of these programs. I got into the IB program and I got two diplomas. I earned my International Baccalaureate diploma and my regular high school diploma from Pensacola High School. What was so good about that, was they were so proud. There were only ten Black people in the IB program, in my class. One or two of us because it’s very rigorous. We got our IB diploma. You can graduate and get your high school diploma but to get that IB diploma, you have to have 5s or 4s at a certain score on all of the things.
I want to say maybe two of us got our IB diplomas and I was one of those. Having an IB diploma in Florida at that time, automatically, you can get a Florida scholarship. You can go to any school in Florida. I could choose and go anywhere. My sister was two years ahead of me. A lot of women in our church went to Florida A&M. It was just very influential in my little area of Florida.
I was like, “Florida State. This is my blah, blah. I want to go to Ordonia.” That’s how I went. Again, I had a choice of where I could go, but it drew me just because of my community, my church, and the people I saw. One of my dentists graduated from Florida A&M and all of the people that I looked up to in my church. That was the choice that I made for myself.
You got your bachelor’s at FAMU and then you went on to become a Doctorate in Physical Therapy, a BSN. You got your Master’s in Health Services Administration while working full-time and raising a medically complex child. Tell us how you did that. What keeps driving you to expand? You’re still growing. Your expertise is growing. Whereas, some people would just plant their feet in one lane and keep it moving.
I’m going to just be very transparent on this. I don’t know how. It was so much. When I look back on it, I don’t know how I was able to do all of it. I accredit everything. It was the grace and power of my God. There was so much going on, even getting there. Going to school, where the funds are coming from, doing the things, and working full-time. It’s all of these things. I will say that I don’t know how I did it, but I know a big part of it was the grace and power of God.
The other thing I say that motivates me is, I have tenacity. You’re born with certain things. Everybody has innate characteristics. I was always tenacious and hardworking. Fear is also a big driver for a lot of decisions. I talk about this openly to all my friends. I’m in therapy and I’ve been in therapy. I value therapy just coming from such a dysfunctional background. One of the things my therapist was saying, “Fear is a motivator just as much as anything else.”
“Fear is a motivator just as much as anything else.” Share on XFear of not being successful. Fear of not having money. Fear of not taking care of yourself. Fear of what?
Those things. For me, I have that fear of not being successful. Fear of letting my church down. When I say church, I mean the people that sent the $20 or $30 that they didn’t have. I don’t want to be like, “We did all that? We thought.” Fear was a motivating factor. Also, fear of disappointing God. I want to be all. I wanted to do everything I’m supposed to do. I want to be everything I’m supposed to be. Life is just one of these essential things. What am I supposed to do? What am I not supposed to do? I don’t have a fear of not doing the thing.
Those are just honest fears that I have, which are some of the motivating factors and the reason I keep going and pushing. I’m like, “Let me pray about this.” From my perspective, those are the things that motivate me to keep going because I do have that desire to be the person and be all that I’m supposed to be.
I love how you pray, but you also are in therapy. That’s important.
Traditionally, we talked about it as one another. As we learn and evolve, we have data access to us as we get older. We think about things a little bit differently. I pray, but I also have a therapist. God is giving gifts and talents to people who are skilled in that lane. You can praise, but we still go to the doctor. I’m not into all the nuances. I don’t have any stigma because I know what trauma and dysfunction growing up in certain environments. I know what that does. For me and my family decided, “This is the route that we’re going.” It’s not a thing. It’s been an ongoing thing for years. I walk in and everybody knows, but it’s just something.
God is giving gifts and talents to people who are skilled. You can praise, but we still go to the doctor. Share on XThank you for your transparency. First acknowledging God in your life and being entrenched and growing up in a life of service in the church. There’s somebody that’s reading that needs to hear that it’s still, okay. It may be what God is asking you to do to complete that circle, to help you deal with some of the other things in life.
You’re welcome. From the jump, I’m a very transparent person. I don’t believe people benefit from our facades. I don’t think people benefit as much from our facades and our personalities. My gift and my purpose is to be a blessing. Transparency is what I have to display in order for that to happen.
Finding Joy Through Volunteering: Little Brothers Friends Of The Elderly
Rho, you are rooted in community and in service and certainly, your stellar academic background. You also volunteer. You’ve been a volunteer since 2017 at the Friends of the Elderly and you describe this as one of your greatest joys. Can you tell us a little more about that?
Little Brothers, Friends of the Elderly is a National Organization and they have them in different cities such as Chicago, and Cincinnati. You can look them up. It’s like the Big Brothers Big Sisters, but on the flip side. Big Brothers Big Sisters is for the elderly. I may have had this conversation with Dr. Morris. Elderly people and geriatrics is my lane. That is what touches me just because of the people who raced us. We were raised and taken in by elderly woman. Raised in the church and constantly loved by elderly people that guided us and guided me. I have a special affinity to geriatric practice and elderly people. Kids, get away. A baby could fall out of the building like, “That’s so sad.” I’m not a heartless person, but let an elderly person fall out. I’m going straight to the president’s desk and falling and rolling on the floor.
You are the advocate.
It’s just because of my background. I’ve been with them since 2016. I started with them and I loved it. I can’t even describe the feelings in words. Readers will know what that feeling is. When you are doing something and no matter what’s going on around you, you can be in the middle of a bankruptcy hearing right at them. You are in so much peace and I have so much chill. That thing, that is the thing. Working with the elderly. They have a building. They have events. I participate in transportation. Meaning, I’ll pick seniors up and bring them to the event. You can sign up for that, but you’re matched like a big brother and big sister.
What conversations do you have?
With those conversations, everything and nothing at the same time, but I’m a sponge. I learned so much about life. These people have been where I’m trying to go at different times, different places. Maybe different backgrounds. I’m just a sponge in life. You can hear people’s stories and it will inspire you. You are 94 years old and you did this. I have no complaints. We talk about everything like their childhood, about what’s going on with me and what’s going on with my son. It’s just to be present with somebody.
The whole goal of the program is to prevent isolation. We have a lot of seniors who don’t have family, who don’t have this surrounding support that they need. The purpose of the organization is to reduce the risk of isolationism and those deals. Every single holiday, there’s an event such as Saint Patrick’s Day and Halloween. I dress up. I have my costume on. I love sharing my pictures. On Saint Patty’s Day, they have a nice dinner. With my match, we went shopping and we found matching little sweaters. We have a little picture. We are matched up green and all. It was fun.
The whole goal of the program is to prevent isolation. Share on XI get so much joy when they are smiling and they are thinking, “I have it this day.” I’m counting maybe 35 mothers. I’ve been adopted maybe 305 times. It’s that feeling. They know I love them. They love me and somebody cares. That brings me so much joy. Nothing else brings me joy. All my credentials, education and all the alphabet. Honestly, I don’t know if that’s even required when I get to the gate, but what and how I made somebody feel, it can’t be taken away. I enjoy it. Now, I do a lot of traveling with a non-profit, so I’m not as able to do the transportation, but they have the calling ministry. They have a calling program where you call like, “What’s going on? How are you?”
I bet they love that.
To get a phone call. They have that. It’s not spam at all. Again, it’s a Little Brother’s Friends of the Elderly. They have them in all cities, but that’s just been my joy. It’s been my joy. I love it.
You’re touching my heart and I won’t say more than that because I won’t be able to hold it together. I am going to move on to the next question.
Building Serenity Life Services From Scratch
Let’s just talk about building. You mentioned your non-profit. Rho, tell us about Serenity Life Services and what is it like to build your own mom profit from scratch?
You just don’t wake up one day and say, “Non-profit.” Everybody has a purpose in life, and we’re giving a little bits and pieces. I’m going to speak for myself. I ran away from it. God will put things on your heart sometimes for you to do your things and I shied away from it. Everybody that cared about me and loved me and made sure I can be the person that I am is dead. I’m getting into a little bit of the why, because you have to have a wife in order to do and think God is positioned. Certain situations and circumstances build that around, but they’re all dead.
The woman that raised me, my dad, and my favorite uncle. My close family members. We’re not talking sitting in a recliner, watching all of your grandchildren grow. We’re talking dead 50s-60s. We’re not talking about rippled age dead at all. . We’re not talking about that. That stuck with me. Not in the moment, but retrospectively when I was putting things on my heart. I was like, “Why? Why are all the people that I love died?” All the same etiology like renal failure, related to diabetes, hypertension stroke, hypertension heart attack, heart disease hypertension. All of the things.
I’m living this and experiencing this, then I go to school. You put two and two together. That’s the underbelly of how it started and that was my why. It’s because all of the people I love died very prematurely in all of these chronic illnesses that I learned as you get education and you go off. You can’t change or modify your age. You can’t modify genetics. Modifying, prevention, and all of the things is what prompted me like my lifestyle and a lot of other things. That’s what the impetus was.
Poor black in the South.
There’s a lot of environmental things with that. As I look back, I spoke at an event. I talked about my grandmother and my father. A lot of these people didn’t have the iPad, the iPhone, the instant technology and all the data that has come out. They had what they had and it was what it was. The point I was making was, sometimes we don’t have such an excuse. We do, but I push back sometimes on the younger generation. Not so much what it was but with the younger generation when we’re talking about being poor and this, that and the other. We have more access sometimes then they did.
That was when I started it. I wanted to say, “What can I do to inform you?” I know the Bible talks about the lack of vision people perish. The lack of knowledge people are going to perish. There was a disconnect. There’s a lot of distrust in the South. I grew up in the South. There’s a lot of medical distrust between the healthcare providers and the community. Where do I bridge that gap? Where is my education, expertise and knowledge? How do we get that out to people in a digestible and palatable format? That was the why. We’ve got to get the information out there. We’ve got to get it out there to people in a way that they can understand it, digest it, take it in, and be okay with it.
Can you tell us a little bit about how you do that?
Number one, the different events we have. We have educational programs. When we go out into the community, people are not going to come. They’re not going to come to you. You can stop asking. We go into the community and have these like mini health fairs about a thing like hypertension. In 2025, we go out to where I know they are. You can’t run away because I know you’re there. We set up and it was focused on hypertension. Do you know how many people we’ve reached? We were able to give away.
They’re like, “I can’t check my blood pressure. I don’t have a machine. Here you go.” We’re like, “No, you don’t know. Sit down.” We have donated machines. We’re like, “This is what your blood pressure is. Why is your blood pressure so high?” We had a few calls. We had to make a referral, or either this. They didn’t know what the blood pressure was. Again, we’re going out to the community and just reaching people in real-time, real talk.
Rho, tell us about your upcoming event.
We have an event. It’s kind of like the same deal coming up. It’s for men’s health month, which is June and similar to now. We’re going out into the public. It’s a table talk event. Where men will show up. They’re going to have free food. Again, we’re meeting people where they are and we’re going to dialogue and give evidence-based information, fun information, relatable information about prostate cancer, heart health, diabetes, chronic illness. All of the things. We have a mental health provider coming as well. It’s just going to be an evening of dialogue and conversation.
Men’s Table Talk is June 26th, 2026 at the Bayview Senior Center in Pensacola, Florida.
We are blessed that Dr. Morris will be helping us with that event. Dr. Morris will be moderating that event. I’m so happy to have her participate in such an effort but again, that’s what we do. We go out into the community and put on these programs and education. We have a DME closet if people need wheelchairs or durable medical equipment. It’s expensive. A lot of people don’t have insurance or sometimes this. When people pass away, sometimes they purchase the hospital bed. We’ve had people donate it to us. We make sure it’s working. We have a DME closet. They will be like, “I need a wheelchair.” I’ll be like, “We have one.”
Rho, that is very exciting. Tell us again when the event is, where it is and where people can find more information about Men’s Table Talk.
The upcoming event is on June 26th, 2026 is in Pensacola and we do have two offices. To be clear, Ohio, and Florida. Ohio, we’re coming. We didn’t forget but in Florida, it’s on June 26th at 6:00, at the Bayview Senior Center. It is the Men’s Table Talk event. We have free food. We’ve got Italian food sponsored by Carrabba’s and Tuscan Oven. We’ve got all the fun. We’ve got prizes and everything. It’s going to be a great night. It’s limited space, so we need everybody to register. You can register online at our website at www.SerenityLifeServices.org or call the office (850) 220-5510 and we’ll get you registered. We’re expecting a good turnout and people to come out and get some good information.
Resilience After Injury: Deconstructing The “Finish Line” Mentality
It sounds like an amazing time. If you’ve got the two of these ladies that are here with me, I know it will be fantastic. I know where both of your hearts are and you’re both in service to the community and making people well. Wonderful. Let’s switch gears a little bit, Rho. We have to talk about 2023. You fell down a flight of stairs and a talar fracture, a disc herniation three months before your first half marathon after training for a year. I know there are lots of lessons, but tell us what did you learn about yourself in that moment and what’s the message you want every woman reading to take from it?
Funny story how it happened, but we won’t get into that. Avoid fuzzy socks on any type of slick surface. I’m always cold with my fuzzy socks on. I’m going to be very honest with you. Going through that, I learned a lot about our clinical patients. I’m able to empathize with my patients like never before. Especially the patients that I see who suffered in an accident or injury or broken a bone or chronic back pain because I just know what that feels like.
It makes me a better clinician because I know what that feels like to not be able to sit and not to be able to do any other. I did take that away from it. To anybody reading and all the women, this is what I learned. This is the big thing. I had a picture in my mind of how I was going to complete this half marathon. I did. I’m under this. I’m on this. This, my time.
I had it all ready and I’m going to cross that line. This is what I’m going to look like and I’m going to smile. None of it happened that way because I fell. My physician and ortho said, “We don’t suggest you run.” I couldn’t physically run it, but I do have a little tenacity. I said, “Can I walk?” They’re like, “Yes, but make sure you listen to your body.” I started walking. I was in a little pain but I walked.
You walked a half marathon?
I not only walked. By the grace of God, I power walked. I refused to quit because it was my thing. As long as I have breath and I wasn’t damaging my body, I was able to modify the how. That’s the lesson. Sometimes, we get so caught up on the how and I miss it. I finished, but I had to deconstruct the picture and accept the possibility of another picture. That’s one of the things that’s so funny. My therapist and I had been working on deconstructing things for the last couple years, and building new things.
It’s having to deconstruct mindsets, deconstruct pictures and mental maps. Even being open to building a new map. That’s what the biggest takeaway from that injury was. I was so thankful for it, because I’m able to pull back now. I had a time that I wanted to run in this half marathon, but I didn’t run it all. I walked, I finished and I felt good. I did it. That’s it. We have to deconstruct the how.
Is there a version of crossing the finish line that you’re working toward now?
I’m going to be honest with you. I’m big on mental health. I’m trying to deconstruct the finish line mentality and crossing the finish line. We’re working on that. This is why I am not concerned about crossing the finish line. What I’m working on in my life is perfecting the race that I’m running. Am I stretching? Am I pacing? Am I in time with the spirit? Looking at it from big life situations, that’s what I’m doing. I will get there. People will get in the finish line and go, “This is where I want to be. This is where I want to go. Am I running my race well?”
That is where I am. I have to perfect how I’m running my race. That’s the journey that I’m on now. I was so go oriented in getting to that finish line and I missed it. For me, that is the thing I’m on. It’s, do I love people of my race? Am I taking the time to smell the roses on my race? Am I in tune and in timing and not going before the spirit tells me to do something on my race? I try not to be so much of a finish line person now and it’s working well for me.
It’s because we missed so many things along the way. It’s the journey. It’s not necessarily the goal.
Sometimes in the midst of running the race, the goal changes or the finish line is in a different direction.
You’ve got to be able to pivot, adjust and be okay. You’re going to end up where you’re supposed to be. That finish line is going to be where it is, whether it be meanders or not.
I love the image of all of that. Thank you.
That’s where I am.
Radical Self-Care: Stress Eradication And Looking Ahead
That goes towards an area that we love to talk about in terms of self-care. For me, that’s mental self-care and you teach wellness for a living. You’ve lived through some of the hardest physical and emotional seasons a person can face. Walk us through what your self-care regimen looks like.
Self-care is different for everybody. Stress and eradication is my self-care. Not mitigation.
Self-care is different for everybody. Share on XYou said eradication. We’re listening. How do we do that? Please tell me.
That’s the deal because we can manage stress and mitigate it, but I got to get it up. Whatever that thing is, I have to find a way and work too far away if it’s this particular job. My cortisol level was high every day. You’re going to encounter things at work, in life and in business, but I work and my goal is, “This is not good for me. How do I eradicate that if it’s a personal situation or if it is a financial situation? Something’s got to go.” I am more in tune with my body.
My self-care first is looking at my list and I come up with what needs to be eradicated. Stress will come. That’s just life, but those are the things or the needless things. Number one, what can be eradicated and what can be mitigated? That’s where I am on my journey. I cut it out. Healthcare is what it is. I cannot be here. I cannot see this patient. I’m not doing it. I refused. I draw personal lines in my sand in order to eradicate certain stressors.
You can’t control what life throws at you but you can control what you see now. That’s got to be off my plate, or this person is toxic to my life. I have to eradicate that. Dance and travel are my two self-care. Once I eradicate, how do I mitigate? How do I manage my stress? I manage with the dance. I take West African dance classes. Shout out to Praise. I also travel. I love just getting up and going. I’m a solo traveler too. I went to Cartagena.
You can't control what life throws at you but you can control what you see now. Share on XI hear Columbia is amazing.
I don’t meet a stranger. I don’t think I’ve met a stranger. It always works out to be a great time. I love to travel and dance.
Where’s next for you to travel?
I’ve got so much wrapped up into the non-profit that I don’t have anything big, but fall is coming. I get a cabin in Gatlinburg or somewhere in the mountains.
In Dollywood.
Somewhere over in that area. That’s the brake. Not anything international, but peace. I sit out there, quiet here, listen, and talk to God. It’s so serene. That’s my area.
How about your favorite place you’ve traveled to so far?
Thailand. I got some clothes made. I visited my sister over in Singapore and then we took a trip over to Thailand. It was good and it was just very interesting. I had a lot of fun there.
Very nice.
Rho, this conversation just has been fantastic. You’ve dropped so many jewels that I know our audience will appreciate. Is there something exciting on the horizon you’d like to share with our audience?
I don’t want to get emotional. I had a meeting and again, God connects you to so many people. You may have never heard of Middletown, Ohio, but I met with the CBI there. We’re going to be partnering with them to bring some needed programming to a community that is suffering. The exodus of economic structures and all of that stuff. We’re going to be partnering to try to revitalize the minds. Not only the physical, but the minds and the hearts of those who live there.
I’m excited about what we’ll be doing in Butler, County, Ohio. Stay tuned to our website. We’ve got some big things. God has put a big vision bigger than me and every 5,000 people. He’s put a vision of something about a Serenity Life Center that I want to be working towards. We got some interesting things. If not now, whenever the spirit moves me towards that. I’m excited about where we’re going.
When it happens, we would love to have you back on. You’re doing wonderful things and things that people should know about. If you’d like to do that, you have an open seat at the table here.
Thank you very much.
Last but not least, where can our audience find you on social media or online?
Reach out to me at Rollanda.Moore@SerenityLiveServices.org or find us on the website at SerenityLifeServices.org and we’re on Facebook as well at Serenity Life Services and Instagram. Somebody manages a lot of the social media parts. You can reach out to me if you have any questions or if you want to know how to get involved and help with any of the initiatives that we have going on.
Rho, we are so grateful that you brought all of yourself and were so transparent for our conversation because this is exactly what the show is about.
Thank you guys for having me and thinking of me to even join the ranks of the people or the women that have come before me in your previous episode. I appreciate that opportunity.
Thank you so much.
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- Rho Moore on LinkedIn
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- Serenity Life Services
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- Little Brothers, Friends of the Elderly
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
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About Dr. Rho Moore
Dr. Rollanda “Rho” Moore, DPT, RN, BSN, MHA, CPC, is a healthcare professional, entrepreneur, nonprofit leader, and wellness advocate with more than 20 years of combined clinical, leadership, and healthcare experience. As a dual – licensed Physical Therapist and Registered Nurse, she is passionate about helping people live healthier, more active, and more fulfilling lives through compassionate care, education, and community empowerment.
Raised in Pensacola, Florida, in a low – in come household, Rho credits much of her upbringing to the support and guidance of her church community. Despite limited financial resources, she earned a full scholarship to Florida A&M University, beginning a lifelong journey of perseverance and service. She later earned a Master’s degree in Health Services Administration from the University of Central Florida, followed by her Doctorate in Physical Therapy and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing — all while raising a medically complex child with special needs and working full–time.
Rho is the founder and Board Chair of Serenity Life Services, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization she built from the ground up to support healthier aging, wellness education, and stronger communities. She is also the owner of Imp act Education & Consulting, where she combines her clinical expertise, healthcare leadership, clinical audit, and passion for education through consulting, healthcare training, and patient – centered care as both a Physical Therapist and Registered Nurse.
Her professional experience spans clinical care, rehabilitation leadership, healthcare administration, and fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) oversight within large healthcare systems and CMS – regulated environments. Through this work, she has contributed to initiatives focused on healthcare quality, compliance, patient advocacy, and operational integrity while maintaining a strong commitment to ethical, patient – centered care.
At the heart of her work is a deep love for serving the elderly community. Since 2017, sh e has volunteered with Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly, where she finds joy in simply spending time, listening, and building meaningful connections with older adults. Through every role she serves in, Rho’s mission remains the same: to inspire others to pursue wellness, persevere through challenges, and live with purpose.
Interesting Fact: I take West African Dance classes . I love to travel solo. I collect statement earrings.
Proud Moment: In 2023, I fell down a flight of stairs, sustaining a n al ar fracture and disc herniation just three months before completing my first half marathon — an event I had trained more than a year for. Despite doctors ’ recommendations and the physical setback, I remained determined to show up and finish. Although I was unable to run, I crossed the finish line.