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Chelsi Jerrels
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Email

cjerrels@risepeerrecovery.org

Office

(812) 259-8734

Based in

Dubois County IRACS

Serves

Dubois County
RISE Supervisor Team

Chelsi Jerrels

Dubois County IRACS Supervisor
AFA
CPRC-SUS

“We can’t always choose the music life plays for us, but we can choose how we dance to it.”

About

Meet Chelsi Jerrels

Recovery Date: March 17, 2021

Q: What is your favorite recovery activity?
A: Performance arts, because they help keep me grounded.

Q: Who is your strongest advocate?
A: My children.

Q: What is your dream vacation?
A: Italy.

Q: If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be?
A: My Nan.

Q: What’s your favorite way to spend a rainy afternoon?
A: Being in the theatre or studio, making magic.

Q: If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
A: Staying forever young so I can always keep going.

Q: What’s something most people don’t know about you?
A: I have degrees in music theatre and dance.

Q: What’s your go-to karaoke song?
A: “Maybe This Time” from Cabaret.

Q: What’s one thing on your bucket list?
A: To raise amazing children into amazing adults.

Q: Do you have a nickname?
A: Chia.

Q: What’s your go-to coffee or drink order?
A: A Dirty Alani from Fizz Me Up.

Q: What always makes you smile?
A: Accomplishing something I’ve worked very hard to achieve.

Q: What’s your favorite color?
A: Green.

Q: What’s one song you’ll always dance to?
A: “Dancing Through Life.”

Q: What are you currently working on or learning?
A: I’m learning German, Italian, and French in hopes of traveling to those countries one day.

Q: What’s your favorite season?
A: Fall.

Q: In a movie about your life, who would play you?
A: Kristen Bell.

Focus areas
  • Advocacy
  • Peer Recovery Support
  • Curriculum Development
  • Technology Maintenance & Advancement
  • Community Outreach
  • Leadership
  • Incarcerated Peer Support
  • Substance Use Specialist