Welcome to Episode 15 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast. Today's episode was led by our guest host, Michael Seeraj! Please join us as he interviews our guest, Ms. Anna Santiago, Director of Community Behavioral Health at Inspire to Rise, Inc.

Ms. Santiago discusses her career trajectory and how she moved from a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice to a Master's of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She discusses "her why" - why she is passionate about providing mental health services to others and why she believes community services are so important. She also discusses her role as Director of Community Behavioral Health at Inspire to Rise and the importance of providing counseling services to the juvenal population.

Inspire to Rise, Inc. is a nonprofit focused on holistically helping make the community a little better, happier, and healthier place. For more information or to support our mission, please contact us at weinspiretorise.org or via phone at: 1-844-WE-RISE1 (1-844-937-4731).

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Welcome to Episode 14 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast. Today's episode was led by our guest host, Community Behavioral Health Director Anna Santiago! Please join us as she interviews our next guest, Ms. Betsy Dobbins, Founder & Executive Director of the Center for Children's Rights, a restorative organization dedicated to advancing the well-being of youth.

Ms. Betsy Dobbins is an attorney, social worker, but above all a restorative justice practitioner dedicated to cultivating embodied communities and systems of care within which youth and the adults who work with them can thrive. Ms. Dobbins' work focuses on the intersection of right relationship and rights-based frameworks, with reciprocal relationships and transformation as integral to creating community pathways to well-being for youth.

We welcome you to hear her story, passion, and hear "her why” ---- why she is so passionate about what she does every day to make an impact on the youth and families she serves in this community.

Inspire to Rise, Inc. is a nonprofit focused on holistically helping make the community a little better, happier, and healthier place. For more information or to support our mission, please contact us at weinspiretorise.org or via phone at: 1-844-WE-RISE1 (1-844-937-4731).

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Welcome to Episode 13 of Inspiring Community: An Inspire to Rise Podcast led by our host Drew Brandom! Please join us as he interviews our guests, three youth from the INSPIRED Youth Program at Inspire to Rise, Inc.!

The INSPIRED Youth Program is a Prevention & Recovery Program for youth at risk of opioid misuse or with substance misuse disorders and/or who are struggling with mental illness. The program provides the additional recovery services the youth and family need to build the youth’s coping techniques, positive social supports, and life skills in a holistic and healthy way, so that the youth can feel heard, seen, and loved!

Inspire to Rise, Inc. is a nonprofit focused on holistically helping make the community a little better, happier, and healthier place. For more information or to support our mission, please contact us at weinspiretorise.org or via phone at: 1-844-WE-RISE1 (1-844-937-4731).

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