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Title: Shanda Dunn, Peer Support Worker, Voices of Hope. Lexington, Kentucky.

Speakers: Shanda Dunn, Nancy Groce
Series: America Works
Date: March 21, 2024
Running Time: 6:13 minutes

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Shanda Dunn of Lexington, Kentucky, talks with folklorist Ethan Sharp about being a Peer Support Worker as part of his larger Occupational Folklife Project “Hope for Recovery.” Shanda explains how she overcame her own complicated past and struggles with substance abuse to train and now, to work alongside clinicians as a counselor for others recovering from substance abuse disorders.