Bio Lawrence Harris is a 19-year-old Youth Empowerment Speaker who helps teens and young adults break through limiting beliefs and build lives rooted in confidence, resilience, and mental wellness. As someone who is autistic and a survivor of childhood abuse and C-PTSD, Lawrence brings a raw, relatable, and powerful presence to every stage he steps…
Bio Ashley Sproul is the Director of Recovery and Empowerment with the Department of Mental Health and a Certified Peer Specialist (CPS). She began her career as a CPS within The Living Room model, where she was able to provide peer support to individuals experiencing significant emotional distress in a trauma-sensitive setting. Throughout her…
Bio Elizabeth Moore is currently employed as one of four Certified Peer Specialists at Waverley Place, the community support program associated with McLean Hospital. She has been employed there for 8 years and loves helping members strive to meet their individual recovery goals. Some of her other responsibilities at Waverley Place include leading groups,…
There will be no event on October 2nd because of Yom Kippur.
Bio Heidi HyunJin Lee (she/they), BFA, MEd, CPS/certified peer specialist is an artist, visual arts educator, mental health activist, somatic healing fanatic, and mother to a beautifully spirited child who keeps her heart young and mind curious. She is currently working on her MSW degree, inspired by her former clients at Boston Health Care…
Bio: Lenny Mulcahy is a CPS/Certified Peer Specialist who has been working at Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation for the last 25 years. The Center's mode of Recovery and Rehabilitation is based on education and celebrating people's personhood and individual choices. Lenny teaches adult education topics on wellness, including physical, spiritual and emotional…
Bio: Kim Bisset, Ed.D has completed hundreds of training sessions for organizations throughout Massachusetts for both organizations and individuals. Kim has worked with a variety of individuals throughout her career including staff and persons served from the Department of Mental Health (DMH), Vinfen, Justice Resource Institute (JRI), Eliot Community Human Services, The NAN mental health…
BIO: Born in Boston, raised on its border, Amy Manion is a Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) through the Metro Boston Recovery Learning Community. She likes to make songs, poems, take photos, make collages, dance, take videos of her cat, go to improv drop-in classes, and open mics, among many other creative pursuits. Sometimes joy feels…
BIO: Vanessa Williams is a Certified Peer and Recovery Support Specialist, mental health advocate, and leader in the peer support movement with over 13 years of experience in warm line services. As the NC Warm Line Program Manager at Promise Resource Network, she oversees a statewide 24/7 peer support line, bringing a trauma-informed, harm reduction,…
BIO: Aroldo Ferreira, CPS Certified Peer Specialist Program Director Aroldo Ferreira is the Director of the Massachusetts Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) Program. He oversees statewide certification logistics and leads the team responsible for developing and delivering training materials that prepare individuals to become Certified Peer Specialists professionals. Since 2008, Aroldo has been an active leader…