Women’s Stories

Transcribed from Ashley’s graduation speech: This place has made me grow and has made me confident and it has brought forth more goodness rather than badness, like my past. So I just wanna say thank you, guys, for giving me this opportunity. And Rocio, I know you’re hard on me, but maybe sometimes that’s just what I need to get stuff done. I appreciate that.

Content warning: substance use, homelessness, justice involvement Before starting at the Women’s Bean Project I would have to say my life was a mess. I was navigating a life of sobriety that I hadn’t known in almost 9 years, I was on probation in 3 [read more]

I, Christina, at 6 years old started working the onion fields in Oregon with my family. I was taught to do everything myself. I couldn’t ask for help. I had to figure everything out. If I could do something, I needed to go do it. [read more]

Content warning: substance use, domestic violence, sexual assault My name is Denise, and I am the youngest child of three. I have a brother that is 2 years older than me, and my sister is older by 4 years. My parents divorced when I was [read more]

Hello, I am Katy. I first became involved with Women’s Bean Project in January 2022, because I needed to get my life in order. My life is different today because the Bean Project helped me get off probation, and to find an apartment. My goals [read more]

Content warning: death Hello, my name is Tameka. I first started at Women’s Bean Project on March 3,2022 and what I love about the Bean is all of the support and meeting all these kind women and really being able to work on myself. It changed my life in so many ways. I’m proud of the person that I became. And all support here is really amazing. I really have learned a lot from this program and I just want to thank every single last person at the Women’s Bean [read more]

Content warning: justice involvement I grew up in Crested Butte, a super small town where everybody knows everybody, and I ended up getting in a lot of trouble when I was younger. I found out I was pregnant in jail. I went through my jail [read more]