Service Array:
Individual Skill Enhancement and Development
Service Planning
Recovery Coach 
Growing up in Bloomer, WI, I felt like I never quite fit in socially, and was unsure of how to process the abuse I witnessed around me. I turned to drinking and other substances as a coping mechanism. After two decades of self-medicating, everything caught up to me. I struggled to change my circumstances and secure resources to help, like stable housing, and eventually became homeless. I was incarcerated multiple times, ultimately losing my children to the child protective care system. I was offered treatment court as an alternative to revocation, and graduated in 2017. A year later, I was successfully reunited with my two children.
I became a volunteer and organizer for community-based organizations like the FREE campaign, EXPO (EX-Incarcerated People Organizing), and was elected to the Chippewa County Board, serving on the Chippewa County CJCC and the Health and Human Service Committee. My experiences gave me a great understanding of the hardships individuals encounter when facing alcohol misuse or addiction, plus how those hardships change with re-entry and processing past traumas. Working with C.C. We Adapt has given me the chance to walk alongside others during some of the toughest parts of their lives. Having been in a similar situation, I am able to relate and advocate for participants, plus point them in a positive direction toward resources to help their growth and success.
In my free time, I love spending time with my kids and our pets. Over the years I’ve found outdoor activities to be so helpful for my mental health, and I enjoy being near water and swimming, plus hiking and being out in nature.