"I believe in service to the community because it is an important way to invest in our future: Serving the common good.
I grew up in a family that was very poor financially but very rich in other ways. My mom made sure that we five children knew that school was the way out of poverty. Upon being graduated from a public high school in upstate South Carolina, I received a scholarship from the cotton mill where my mom worked third shift along with a tuition grant from the state of South Carolina. That money allowed me to be graduated magna cum laude from Presbyterian College. On that same day, I was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
After serving four years on active duty as a PATRIOT missile officer, I went to law school. I was a shareholder in the McNair Law Firm for almost twenty years, and a proud mother of two, balancing work and family life here in Goose Creek. I then formed the McSwain Law Firm, LLC, consulting on legal cases. I only litigated cases that I believed would have a positive impact on the public, common good, and am now retired from the practice.
I am honored to have been elected to serve on the Goose Creek city council and work hard, every day, to ensure that it remains one of the best places to live in the Lowcountry."
- Gayla McSwain
