Kimmy comes from a family of fighters and continues their legacy by being a fierce warrior for her community. After years of recovery, she is springboarding her personal experience into being a dedicated Peer Service Specialist. She is also a new Child Survivors non-profit board member focusing on domestic abuse. And that's not to mention her expertise in recovery coaching, mental health first aid, peer support counseling, trauma-informed care, housing, and more. 

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Amy (AJ) Johnson was born in Eastern Washington and moved to Seattle in 1974. As a young child, she struggled with feelings of difference from her peers and siblings and was very shy and insecure. She faced challenges in school due to overwhelming shyness and difficulty communicating, dealing with significant social anxiety, and experiencing verbal abuse from her mother. This led her to experiment with substances at the age of 13, using them as a coping mechanism for many years. After decades of battling alcoholism, mental health issues, and codependent, abusive relationships, her alcoholism reached a critical state at the age of 47, causing her body and mind to shut down. She could not maintain a job or care for her children, and received a nudge from Child Protective Services for an opportunity to improve her life. She took that opportunity and has not looked back since.

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Amy has been all over the state, including Spokane for 11 years advocating for the local homeless population. She became intertwined with the Peer movement through her work; this is how she realized she had found the path she was meant to walk. Amy Johnson is thriving in recovery since 2016 and is completely dedicated to working with various Sober Support groups and other Peer-led groups. 

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Nikki is dedicated to inspiring hope and supporting others on their recovery journeys. With over five years of experience as an outreach worker, she has helped individuals stabilize their lives and access the necessary resources to move forward. As a Team Manager with the Recovery Navigator Program, Nikki brings compassion, leadership, and lived experience to her role.

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As a Certified Peer Counselor (CPC) and Recovery Coach, Nikki is committed to walking alongside individuals at all stages of their recovery, offering support, understanding, and motivation. She believes that peer support starts with an open mind and a deep respect for the fact that everyone’s path is unique. Nikki is a woman in long-term recovery and uses her experience to connect with and empower others to believe recovery is possible.

Triana's life started in Seattle, raised in the Central District. Coming up as a teenager there and then was very challenging. Through therapy, she was able to overcome her multiple childhood traumas. She then went to school for computer science and the culinary arts (a passion of hers). Triana has worked at the Department of Social and Health Services, assisting clients with joblessness referrals and housing placement. She is grateful to be here at RNP to expand her journey.  

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Daniel Porro was born and raised on Vashon Island, Washington. He was introduced to marijuana and alcohol at a young age, at which his battles with addiction began. At 23, he was the driver in a drunk-driving accident in which his vehicle struck a telephone pole at nearly 90 mph and required the jaws of life and an airlift from Vashon to Harborview. The subsequent surgery from this incident was his first introduction to opiates, and his addiction continued to progress for the next 11 years. Unable to hold a job due to his addiction, Daniel turned to criminal activity, which landed him in the King County Drug Court program.

Daniel started in-patient treatment on July 22, 2021, and has been clean ever since. He graduated from the King County Drug Court Program and has found a desire in himself to support other people and to continue learning and working on his own recovery. 12-step, therapy, family, peer support, and doing his best at remaining willing are essential pieces of his recovery journey. He enjoys gardening, learning, connecting with nature, his dog, and many other new things he’s been able to discover since beginning recovery. 

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Sean grew up on the Mississippi coast. At the age of 12, he was introduced to marijuana and alcohol. After serving time for possession of marijuana in the Mississippi Department of Corrections and failing at drug court, Sean would move to New Orleans and become a street artist and local fixture among the Decatur and Frenchman street communities. He began traveling and selling art at music festivals throughout 38 states. The best way to describe this lifestyle choice is a professional couch surfer with a heavy dependence on alcohol.

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In 2014, Sean's momma would pass away unexpectedly. Soon after, Sean would turn to heroin and methamphetamine as a form of relief, all the while avoiding grieving properly and falling further into homelessness. Running from his problems led him to travel as far as he could from home to avoid the words "I'm sorry for your loss." 

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He wound up in Seattle, WA, where he was instantly swept up into a world of homelessness and petty crime. To supply his drug habit, he turned to more serious crimes and got in trouble with the law. On October 24th, 2021, Sean was in a life-changing motorcycle wreck that shattered his spine. Told he would never walk again, his luck turned for the worse, and he was sent to prison again. This time, he used this "time-out" as a means to get clean and sober. Having turned his life around, he got certified as a peer counselor and has set out to show that if he can do it, anyone can.

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