Ekwan joined the South Shore Peer Recovery team in January 2025 as our Peer Recovery Support Specialist. He supports our peers and members in recovery using his lived experience, knowledge in different pathways and his peer centric enthusiasm for self discovery, community engagement and sustained recovery. Ekwan has a bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems from Worcester Polytechnic Institute as well as over a decade of experience as a database engineer in the Medical Information Technology space.
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"Suffering from addiction at an early age, I struggled to cope with my childhood traumas and manage my adult life. This led to many incidents with law enforcement, court appearances, hospital stays, homelessness and incarceration. I struggled in sobriety until I was able to finally "get it" with what I like to call the science of recovery. Now 3 years in recovery myself I truly hope to inspire others to seek their own path in recovery and live their lives to their full potential. I am currently completing all requirements to be a Certified Addiction Recovery Coach and receiving the supervision to be certified."
