Women’s Stories

To all the participants, I hope that someday soon you’ll be standing in the same position that I am today. When I first set foot in this building, I didn’t think I was going to get a callback saying I was accepted for a position, but I did and I was overjoyed. And at first it wasn’t so hard, but as time went on it got harder and I didn’t think I would make it and at other times I just didn’t want to come. But I knew deep down [read more]

My name is Kyra, I’m also known as Slim. I started at the WBP September 5, 2023. I did 10 and half years in prison and got released in June of 2023. This was the first job that I got and kept for the long-term. [read more]

This story discusses justice involvement.  My name is Monique. I am 54 years old. I came to Women’s Bean Project, because a very close friend of mine was smiling everyday and she looked very happy with life. I thought to myself it looks good on [read more]

This story discusses substance use.   Before starting at WBP, I was just a single mom struggling with stability in many aspects of my life. Although I had a job – it wasn’t stable and a very toxic environment. I didn’t have stable housing and [read more]

Content Warnings: 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]

Content Warnings: 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 in about the 2nd grade. I lived with my mother who was only 15/17 & 19 when she had us kids. My Mom was a devoted Mother, and she took the utmost care of us as young children. She did have a full-time job. However, [read more]

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 [read more]