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Amy has been on a journey of recovery since graduating from the Felony Mental Health Court in 2016. After this, she realized she wanted to walk alongside those seeking support and recovery. Amy continued to build upon her passion to help others and became a Certified Peer Counselor in 2018. In 2019, she became nationally certified as a Peer Specialist through NAADAC.
Amy participated on the HCA’s Enhanced Peer Services Continuing Education External Workgroup in the development of the “Intersection of Behavioral Health and the Law” curriculum. She has been involved in the Peer community in various ways. She helped form the Spokane County Felony Therapeutic Drug Court’s Peer Support Program and is an active member of the Center for Rural Opiate Prevention, Treatment and Recovery (CROP+TR) advisory board. She has presented several webinars including “The Importance of Peer Support in Recovery” and “Peer Leadership: Together We Stand.”
Amy has been involved in coalitions, is the President for the Peers Empower Peers conference. She serves on several advisory boards as a subject matter expert and thrives on having connection within her community and empowering other peers to find their power. In 2019 Amy started working at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital as a Care Navigator, utilizing her Peer Support skills to support people suffering from OUD, and became the first Peer Support Specialist at Deaconess hospital creating a hospital-based peer program, supporting those suffering from SUD and Mental health challenges. She aspires to transform systems from within and build further Peer support programs, as she has seen the impact this has made on the lives of those that she serves. Amy just accepted a position with Community Minded Enterprises as the Recovery Café Manager and cannot wait to spread her knowledge of community within a new system. In her free time, she became a certified level one Warrior Goddess facilitator which she looks forward to sharing with others.
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