‘How I overcame self-destruction with art’

Zelitra Peterson has tapped into her creativity during a journey in which art, she said, saved her life. (Photo: George W. Tillman Jr./The New Tri-State Defender)
 By Karanja A. Ajanaku, The New Tri-State DefenderAt 42, Zelitra Peterson, weighs about 145 pounds after once weighing over 500 pounds and before art “saved my life.”
Recently, her story and works helped accent an exhibit of local artists in Orange Mound.
“It truly has been a blessing to use my God-given talent t