Course 1: Introduction to Addiction Care for Pregnant Persons

Rachael Duncan, PharmD BCPS BCCCP Rachael is a pharmacist and consultant for Stader Opioid Consultants based in Colorado. She has spent the past eight years focused on policy, advocacy, and educational work surrounding harm reduction and substance use disorder treatment at both the state and national level. She serves on the board of directors for the nonprofit The Naloxone Project and is Co-Chair of the MOMs (Maternal Overdose Matters) Initiative, which helps birthing hospitals distribute naloxone directly to at-risk perinatal patients and families. She is also program director for MOMs+, which helps birthing hospitals provide equitable access to treatment and recovery for perinatal patients affected by substance use disorder. Her clinical practice is in hospital-based pharmacy.

Kaylin Klie, MD, MA, FASAM Dr Kaylin Klie is a family medicine and addiction medicine physician at the University of Colorado and Denver Health. Her clinical focus is perinatal addiction which includes the care of families impacted by substance use. Dr Klie enjoys teaching students, residents, fellows, and the community about caring for people with substance use conditions. She is the program director of the Addiction Medicine Fellowship at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She serves on various local, regional, and national committees dedicated to serving pregnant and parenting people with substance use.

Racquel Garcia, NCPRSS, YRC, CAC Racquel is a Certified Addiction Counselor, Interventionist, Recovery Coach, expert trainer, presenter and entrepreneur. She owns HardBeauty LLC and is the Executive Director of the HardBeauty Foundation, the first and only Peer-led organization in Douglas County Colorado. She founded HardBeauty in 2019 with the mission of empowering people to rise and thrive beyond their circumstances through a trauma-informed healing-centered approach. HardBeauty stands alongside youth and adults in recovery from substance misuse, abuse, mental health, homelessness, poverty and trauma The HardBeauty Foundation cultivates connection and creates community through partnerships, grants and fundraising. Racquel has her Associates Degree in Addiction Counseling from ICDC College. She is also a National Certified Peer Recovery Specialist with NAADAC, an ARISE Interventionist, a certified Gottman Institute Leader/Facilitator and a Certified Youth Coach with the Youth Coaching Institute. She acts as a subject matter expert and training facilitator for C4 Innovations, doing work nationally on behalf of SAMSHA and the Opiate Response network. Prior to forming HardBeauty, Racquel built five grassroots organizations, coached clients one-on-one through recovery and trained other coaches. She has been brought in to educate  organizations and donors on de-stigmatizing and understanding the reality of overcoming substance misuse. She speaks on behalf of underserved populations, advocating for systemic change, racial equity, criminal justice reform and the power of peer coaching professionals. Racquel was appointed by the Attorney General to serve on the Colorado Opiate Abatement Council, and she has been serving as co-chair for the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration Advisory Council (BHAAC).  She serves as Vice Chair for the National Naloxone Project alongside Dr. Don Stader, and she heads up their Maternal Overdose Matters program. Racquel also serves on the Colorado Region 12 Opioid Advisory Committee, is on the Board of Directors for the Colorado Association of Addiction Professionals.

Prescillia Wells I am a mother of 5, I am in long term recovery from opioids, bipolar type 2 and PTSD. I come from a very long line of substance users and I have survived A LOT of trauma. I used before, during and after having my babies and faced stigma due to my illnesses. I found recovery by connecting to a recovery community, harm reduction and MAT. I have laid a strong foundation for my recovery by making a connection to others in recovery and proper medical care that saved my life. Today I can be the woman and mother I always dreamed I could be. I work closely with parents more so with moms to discover their recovery and keeping their babies. I am a Recovery Coach for HardBeauty and I am also a Parent Advocate contracted through the ORPC (Office Of Respondent Parent Council)