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The State Hornet

Lisa Stanley gives credit to the street soccer team, Lady Salamanders, for turning her life around.

Single mother overcomes homelessness and addiction to achieve high marks

Jordon Griffin February 24, 2014

On a plane trip to Paris in 2011 to play soccer, Sacramento State accounting major Lisa Stanleyhad time to reflect on how far she had come.Only a few years earlier, Stanley was homeless and committing...

Candy Finnigan, lead interventionist from the A&E series Intervention, speaks at Sac State on Thursday in the University Union Ballroom. She spoke for over an hour about her personal recovery, and ended the night with a Q&A session.

Interventionist speaks to students about addiction

Leticia Lopez October 3, 2012

Interventionist Candy Finnigan from the television series “Intervention” spoke at Sacramento State Thursday evening about addiction, her personal experience and how to confront a family member about...

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