JJ is a Certified Addiction Recovery Coach (CARC) who is trained in Trauma-Informed Care. She worked for over 20 years in the restaurant hospitality industry which honed her ability to build tactful and respectful relationships and facilitate conflict resolution when necessary, all of which help her in the sensitive process of integrating within client’s & family’s lives to create change. In the world of hospitality she noticed the widespread prevalence of addiction and how stigmatized and unspoken it is. This along with watching loved ones struggling with substance use disorder gave her a devoted passion to help others. In her free time she loves to write and tell stories from her own life, a skill she encourages clients to use in gaining clarity and ownership over their life’s story. Currently, she is working on a Masters in Psychology at Purdue Global with a special interest in substance abuse and addiction.