Robert Memory, CRPA, was homeless for four years and is recovering from addiction. As a peer practitioner, he supports and advocates for participants from his lived experience perspective, so they too can overcome the difficulties they face and start on the path to recovery. Robert presented at the NYU Silver School of Social Work Conference in 2013 and at the New York City Working Peer Specialist Conference in 2014. He also participated in the development of the KeepSAFE suicide prevention curriculum. Robert is working with the NY State Mental Health Empowerment Project on a curriculum called "Trauma Informed Peer Support."