Women’s Stories

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. What I’ve learned is to work hard and it pays off. I learned how to take feedback from my supervisors and to not react to my feelings so quickly. Coming here everyday and working hard paid off and I was promoted to a lead position. [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 [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 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 Project for all [read more]

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 sentence with him, and [read more]