Liberia, 1958—At two years old, a sudden fever struck without warning. Days later, Rosana collapsed while trying to walk; she could no longer stand on her right leg. As suspicion spread quickly through the community, a local medicine man delivered a terrifying diagnosis: “A dragon has swallowed her leg.”
But what looked like a tragic ending was only the beginning of an extraordinary life.
Chosen Warrior is the compelling true story of Rosana Schaack’s remarkable journey. Raised in a culture that told her she had little worth, she defied the odds to become a visionary leader, spending her life restoring hope, safety, and dignity to Liberia's most vulnerable women and children.
Born to American missionary parents in Liberia, West Africa, Georgie Davis spent her childhood immersed in a culture she simply knew as home. She spoke Liberian English before American slang, climbed mango trees, and walked red dirt roads. She grew up surrounded by sisters whose skin looked different from hers—but who were, quite simply, her sisters.
At seventeen, she left for the United States—the country printed on her passport, but a landscape entirely foreign to her. It was a transition that sparked lifelong questions about identity, belonging, and what it truly means to call a place home.
White Girl Run is the story of growing up Liberian and coming home American. It is a vulnerable memoir about identity, faith, and the discovery that home is sometimes found in the most unexpected places.