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. 

After struggling with addiction for 10+ years, Aaron attended his first SOS meeting in 2016 and soon after started volunteering at SASG (now Peer Seattle). In 2022, with six years of volunteering under his belt and having kicked drugs in 2020, Aaron joined the staff of Peer WA as a Recovery Navigator with the newly formed Recovery Navigator Program of King County. Aaron hopes to use his lived experiences with drug addiction, homelessness, anxiety, and living within the LGBTQ+ community to help others discover what recovery looks like for them.

Ryan was born and raised in Seattle. His background is in marketing, PR, and business, becoming an entrepreneur at age 22. Ryan was featured in many publications, including Entrepreneur Magazine and The Puget Sound Business Journal. He was nominated for the Seattle Mayor's Business Award and in 2005 was named by Seattle Magazine as one of "Seattle's 13 Most UpComing Influential People". In 2018, Ryan found a permanent place in recovery and a second home in the community at Peer Seattle by attending support groups and volunteering. 

James was born and built in Washington. Raised by a single mother most of his childhood, he’s always
had to adapt. Without knowing who he was, he left for college and searched for validity through people
he didn’t know and an identity through a church, that believed in everything he didn’t. Living in solitude
and starting to hate himself, his anxiety grew fangs and became a deep depression, pushing him to self-
harm. James moved to Tacoma in 2015 and it was only through finding a community of peers that he
was able to realign and define who he was and what he stood for.

Born and raised in Monroe, Louisiana, Bertram's lived experience includes recovery from mental health crisis, religious trauma, and many other challenges. His recovery journey began in 2010 after being sent to prison for 11 years. He participated in rehabilitation programs such as Bridges to Life, Alternative to Violence, and Nonviolent Communication. Bertram is passionate about supporting individuals during their transition process out of prison. He has worked with Community Partnership Program and Re-entry Division Program to provide resources, mentorship, personal coaching, and employment support to those in the re-entry process.

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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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