Ms. Donna Salgado is a certified Community Health Worker and Peer Support Specialist in NC. She's overcome teen pregnancy, physical, sexual and emotional abuse, and experienced incarceration, substance use, homelessness, and mental health challenges. Ms. Salgado has sustained her life in recovery for the past three and a half years. After achieving her Peer Support certification in April of 2022, she began using the knowledge gained from her 25-year struggle with addiction and mental health as a survival guide to help others facing similar challenges. She frequently speaks at Hope Recovery in Morehead City, served on the board at Reviving Lives Ministries, and worked with sex trafficking survivors at a safe house in Craven County. Ms. Salgado worked at RHA Behavioral Health Services helping adults, who would otherwise spend their lives in facilities, gain the confidence needed to live their lives in the community. She is employed by Trillium Health Resource in the STAR program helping individuals transition from incarceration to the community.