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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

“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