After ‘multiple rock bottoms,’ Rachel Santizo graduated from SLCC and now helps people who suffer from addiction. Note: Story published in collaboration with AmplifyUtah
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“It was treatment or suicide, and I didn’t have the courage to commit suicide,” she said. “I was broken and defeated. I had lost everything I loved.”in 2012. In March, she will celebrate 10 years of sobriety. “My professors never made me feel less than,” Santizo said. “My biggest struggle was writing papers. I was extremely intimidated. When I expressed any concerns I had, my teachers listened and walked beside me.”
Assistant professor David Robles characterized Santizo as a distinguished student who made an immediate impression in his criminal justice course. “She built my confidence and told me that I have everything I need to go into the prison, because all the students inside need is patience and kindness,” West said. “I’m grateful that I could ask her, because I was nervous, and she put me at ease.”
Santizo has returned to Odyssey House, where she went for detox, to take a job as program manager of their residential program. “It is incredible to have the opportunity to give back what has been given to me,” she said., with veteran Utah TV anchor Randall Carlisle, called “Odyssey House Journals.”
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