Although substance use disorder is now widely recognized as a disease rather than a poor lifestyle choice, there is still plenty of stigma attached to the condition.
Loraisia Williams, 40, is not a big fan of Child Protective Services. When she and some of her six siblings were growing up in Roanoke, they were taken from their
Patricia Goode graduated from Patrick Henry High School in 1995, and has been working ever since. Making ends meet hasn’t been easy, but she usually manages to do it —
As a preteen, Becky Coffman, now 67, took charge of balancing her single mother’s checkbook, so it only made sense that when it was time to choose a career, she