Come hear gripping stories of survival and success through resiliency and local support, including ours! Our speaker is CEO of Opening Doors, which helps refugees, seekers of asylum, and survivors of human trafficking. Through job training, small-business loans, and access to legal and social services, it has helped hundreds of adults to achieve self-sufficiency and their children to have a place to call home. Prior to 2015, Deborah Ortiz served on the Sacramento City Council, State Assembly and State Senate. She also led the California Primary Care Association and Planned Parenthood Mar Monte.