I am Women’s Bean Project: Jordan

My time here at Women’s Bean Project started in February, but really it started before that. I made the decision to apply to the Women’s Bean Project in a time where I was alone, living in an RV, with not a lot of hope in my mind. I did not think I was going to be able to get back on my feet after the fall.

Then I went to my interview, and I started to see a glimmer of what something of a great opportunity could be: help, support and a job. When I was selected to join the program, I was elated. Life for me received a rescue breath of air. It jolted me to life as I walked through the doors. Every day I started coming to work, more of myself was coming back to me as well. The person I thought I lost with drugs and homelessness. I forgot who I was, but slowly it came back. Coming to work every day, having a schedule, having support that I needed helped me grow back into the person I was, but better.

Being here showed me that I still have value, that I still want to fight for this life. The programs and classes they offered me here, brought back my drive to do hard work, and showed me how to make it through each step. The Women’s Bean Project made me fierce once again.

And being around other women like me has helped me tremendously by bringing me out of depression and loneliness, giving me friends, and also in time I was able to give back and help teach future cohorts and share my story with them, to help give them hope, to help bring them back to greatness. That has been the most rewarding part for me.

I know the lessons I learned here will carry with me to make me a valuable member of future teams to come and society in general.