NSV Radio: Streetwise Partners's Story

NSV Radio #1 Wellness Series

Welcome to our first episode of the Wellness Series! In this episode our Wellness Center Manager Chaquita Goode, will be speaking to us about how self-esteem classes look like in N Street Village and how it has impacted many women.

Sherron

“I was born and raised in Washington, DC. I had a great life, a wonderful husband, two children, and a 23 year career with the Washington Police Department.” As a drastic before and after picture flashed upon the big screen, Lee shared, “At 36, I was at an emotionally distressed place. I turned to alcohol and then cocaine to fill the void, and I lost everything. I escaped to NY, and I experienced every bad thing that could happen to a woman on drugs in NY: I am the survivor of emotional, physical and sexual abuse.” Her turning point, she says, is when some police offers stopped to say hello to her, and she remembered a glimmer of her past life. She got on the Greyhound bus back to DC.

Linda

Linda grew up in a loving family. After graduating from high school, Linda received a certificate in secretarial services. She worked for 30 years as an administrative professional and later as a nursing assistant.

But Linda’s life was not so easy. She struggled with mental illness and addiction, and she found herself homeless. She started coming to N Street Village’s Day Center to use the shower and get a meal. For months she kept to herself but one day Linda opened up to the staff and asked for help in finding housing.