Welcoming Gabi Vascan
The Empowerment Center is excited to extend the warmest of welcomes to our newest Board Member, Gabi Vascan! As Co-Founder of Pulse Business Consulting and a University of Nevada-Reno MBA graduate, Vascan looks forward to sharing her financial experience, as well as her expertise in guiding executive teams in strategy setting, with our organization. She […]
How EMDR Works for Addiction Treatment
At The Empowerment Center, our recovery approach is to look at the whole of every woman who walks through our doors and treat the root causes of her addiction. For many, their addictions stem from past traumas – making EMDR an especially helpful treatment tool! For the past year, Karen McKinney, TEC’s full-time therapist, has […]
Living at Marvel Way, with Betty Mathews
When Betty Mathews lost her job during COVID, she turned to alcohol. She lost her housing too – and since her family didn’t want to take her in while she was drinking, found herself sleeping in her car with her two dogs. She showered and ate at the Hopes campus, sometimes leaving her dogs in […]
Meet Our New Property Manager, Rikki Freedle
We’re thrilled to officially welcome Rikki Freedle as the new Property Manager at our Marvel Way sober living apartments! Along with this change, we’ve also switched to working with Eugene Burger Management Corporation, our new partner in running the day-to-day operations of our soon-to-be 88-unit apartment complex. As our Property Manager, Rikki Freedle and EBMC […]
From Stroke – to Shelter – to Independent Living, with Rennie Johnson
Having your own space and stability is a key step in recovery. Rennie Johnson, a Marvel Way resident, knows firsthand – and begins by telling us, “Getting a job and moving to Marvel Way catapulted me back into society as a regular functioning person.” A year ago, Rennie Johnson moved into Marvel Way, TEC’s sober […]
Welcoming Cristyn Russo to Our Board!
We’re excited to announce the addition of a new member to the Empowerment Center Board of Directors: Cristyn Russo! Russo is Commissions Supervisor at TriNet, a cloud-based Human Resources solutions company, where her role is a hybrid of operations and accounting. She’s been a part of Northern Nevada’s philanthropic community for many years and we […]
Our BIGGEST Changes of 2024
At The Empowerment Center and Marvel Way, we’re once again feeling like this year has absolutely been our biggest yet – for both sides of our organization! At The Empowerment Center, we’ve improved our 5-month women’s treatment program, finalized the design for our new 83-bed treatment facility, and chosen a builder for the project. At […]
Nicole Hulihee on Making Marvel Way Her Home
“Without Marvel Way, without having this beautiful place, I know I would be back on the streets or doing drugs again. And my kids need me. They need a level-headed mom who isn’t on drugs anymore.“ Nicole Hulihee has been sober for a year and lives in a 1-bedroom sober-living apartment at Marvel Way with […]
Our New Website is LIVE!
The Empowerment Center is growing, and with these changes we’re excited to announce our organization’s new look, both on and offline! We’ve updated our website to better reflect who we are, the community we serve, and how we’re expanding our offerings. As we get ready to break ground on TEC2, our new 83-bed recovery center, […]
Meet Ashley Ward
Ashley Ward’s an Empowerment Center (TEC) graduate from 2016 – and has also been a Peer Support at TEC since 2019. She works with clients 1:1, guiding them through their addiction treatment. This can mean anything from walking them through the stages of their personal programs to helping with doctors’ appointments to simply being available […]