Fast finish
In October 2015, Ley-Lonni Marie Woodruff was at a breaking point at the tender age of 16 when she sat…
Tag: Social Work
Change agent
Jennifer Muñoz knew she wanted to go to college. The 37-year-old single mother planned on enrolling in a social-work program…
Addiction recovery a year into Covid-19 pandemic
Vic Vela was struggling. Despite six years in recovery from drug addiction, 2020 had pushed him into “crisis mode.” In…
COVID-19 pandemic adds complexities to domestic violence in Colorado
What interpersonal-violence expert Katherine Miller wasn’t hearing last spring concerned her. At the height of Colorado’s COVID-19 lockdowns, the advocacy-service program manager…
Mission ready: Boulder Voices for Children
Perception isn’t always reality in Boulder County. Boulder’s global reputation as a beautiful college town, adventure-sports capital, aerospace hub and…
Building a road to recovery
Drug overdose claimed the lives of 9,356 Coloradans in the decade from 2009 to 2018. Jamie Ray could’ve been one…
Students take the stand
Young Barbara Cook’s future hangs in the balance. “Has Susan Cook, as a mother, been successful in addressing her drug…
The light at the end of the tunnel
The first two decades of Christine Russell’s career prepared her to help these men. Russell joined the U.S. Army after…
Navigating the future of patient care
Community navigator. Patient advocate. Promotoras de salud. By any name, the job of a health navigator is to connect individuals to the right…
Under lock and key
It wasn’t until Mary Landerholm took a college course on human trafficking that she came to a startling realization about…