Hi there! My name is Laura Santoro, and I am a Certified Recovery Peer Specialist for Drug Court at Rite Life Services. I am honored to be able to use my 15 plus years of lived experience with mental health and substance abuse to help individuals start their own journey of recovery. As a Peer, I get to walk alongside someone in their darkest moments and show them the light. The hope I hold for this career and for all the individuals I will meet along this path, is phenomenal because I believe all people can change.

Recovery is not linear. I get the privilege to help people learn to be productive members of society as they learn to cope and flourish into recovering individuals. My love for helping people runs deep, as I have had a career change from a Teacher of 14 years to now getting to help others who are struggling with mental health and substance abuse get their life back on track. It’s an amazing feeling being able to help others and see that the STIGMA is dying. People can recover with proper skills and tools to cope while living life one day at a time!

Everything Happens For A Reason

“Recovery is something that you have to work on every single day, and it’s something that doesn’t get a day off” Demi Lovato