Talk 1-on-1 with a Peer Specialist About Recovery

Providing support & encouragement for those in recovery.

Offering hope through life's biggest challenges. CPRC-A.

I use my years of lived experience to support my peers.

Survivor: addiction, mental health, domestic violence, grief

From foster care to incarceration. From mental health to addiction. From Parenting to CPS. From Domestic Violence to Human Trafficking. From Losing loved ones to losing your child.. and then there's: From Homeless to Housed. From Trauma to Healing. From Isolation to Community.

I was born and raised in Phoenix. I have gone through many of my own life changing experiences from substance use, grief/loss, and family/parenting/relationship challenges. I pride myself on being able to see the bigger picture and trying to find balance in a world of chaos.

offers authentic tailored solutions to complex problems

Hi! I'm Windy, a bi-racial military brat - born in Asia and raised for 17 years without roots stationed across the US and overseas. I am also a survivor of childhood sexual trauma, managing co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders. I have traced my mental health and substance abuse issues to childhood trauma and toxic family of origin. I know, it's a lot to juggle, but I bet my story sounds familiar, right? I have attended years of in-person therapy and Intensive Outpatient Groups for Major Depression, Anxiety, PTSD and poly-substance abuse. (For the record, if anyone tries to take my caffeine addiction away - that's a hard NO!) At one point, I was incarcerated as a result of my substance abuse and found myself trying to figure out how to kill myself in jail. I survived by getting intensive treatment, researching alternative/complementary therapies to medication and finding support groups to share my story. I am learning to love myself, discover my true identity and find some moments of peace and laughter along the way. If there is anything I can do to support and prevent another person from slipping into a dark hole contemplating suicide...I've been there. It's why I got certified as a PRSS. Let's talk, let's try to laugh and let's heal together. Ps- I LOVE knitting (it helped me quit smoking), I HATE chores (my house is a mess) AND I'm trying REALLY hard to stop swearing (as much) this year