▁Power ful ▁ 2 0 1 7 : ▁Phil anth ropy ▁& ▁Community ▁Vo ices " ▁list ▁in ▁the ▁Or lando ▁Magazine ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁issue . ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁Trump ▁appointed ▁White ▁as ▁special ▁ad visor ▁to ▁the ▁Fa ith ▁and ▁O pport unity ▁In iti ative ▁at ▁the ▁Office ▁of ▁Public ▁L ia ison . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁White ▁was ▁born ▁Pa ula ▁Mich elle ▁F urr ▁in ▁T up elo , ▁Mississippi , ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁My ra ▁Joan elle ▁and ▁Donald ▁Paul ▁F urr ▁III . ▁Her ▁parents ▁owned ▁a ▁to y ▁and ▁craft ▁store . ▁Donald ▁and ▁My ra ▁F urr ' s ▁marriage ▁began ▁to ▁fail ▁when ▁White ▁was ▁five ▁years ▁old . ▁White ' s ▁mother ▁left ▁T up elo ▁and ▁took ▁her ▁to ▁M emph is ; ▁her ▁separation ▁from ▁her ▁husband ▁and ▁his ▁subsequent ▁suic ide ▁drove ▁White , ▁her ▁brother , ▁and ▁her ▁mother ▁into ▁pover ty . ▁White ' s ▁mother ▁became ▁an ▁alco hol ic . ▁While ▁she ▁worked , ▁her ▁daughter ▁was ▁looked ▁after ▁by ▁care g ivers . ▁White ▁has ▁said ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁sex ually ▁and ▁phys ically ▁ab used ▁between ▁the ▁ages ▁of ▁six ▁and ▁th ir teen ▁by ▁different ▁people ▁on ▁different ▁occasions . ▁She ▁has ▁said ▁that ▁during ▁that ▁time , ▁she ▁suffered ▁from ▁bul im ia . ▁ ▁White ' s ▁mother ▁rem ar ried ▁to ▁a ▁two - star ▁adm iral ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States