Name & PGP:
Daisy Pelayo, she, her, hers
Job Title:
Case Manager, Cameo House program
Behind the scenes fact about you:
I love Mexican rodeo, charrería! I’m also from Jalisco, my dad was born in Michoacán and raised in Jalisco. So charrería it’s not just a sport, it’s so much more than that, it’s a tradition. My dad instilled in me a love for horses, I love for our traditions. Which leads me to that I just love being Mexican and to be able to share that part of my culture and its tradition with my kids and stuff is awesome. A lot of people don’t even know that I do that or that I learned how to ride when I was like five. I had my first horse when I was five, I absolutely love horses! I love to go fast on a horse, slow on a horse, I would live on a horse if I could have it my way.
How would you describe your job to a friend?
My friends knows me, they know Daisy, they know I like to help. I like to help those that need it, all different kinds of people. In my job, what I do is I help women get back to finding themselves
I was here too, I’m alumni. I was here back in 2019, probably the longest of anybody who’s been here. So my job is so rewarding. I get to see women find their “me” again and just be able to navigate life you know and that’s a really big thing.
Why is this work important to you?
This work is so important to me! We never know when a woman will have a chance to do this again. When a woman will have a break from everything to really focus on herself to focus on the brokenness, the good the bad the everything to build herself up. I believe that this time here is essential and I don’t come to work perfect but I come to work with my whole entire heart. That’s for sure. It’s about the kids too, this place is different for that reason and I get to see the moms be moms and be proud to be moms! And the kids just so happy to have their moms back, and that makes me full and gives me purpose.
Dreaming out Loud: If you were given unlimited funds to build out part of your program, what would you create and why?
I would build a daycare, a daycare, where we have full-time staff that takes care of the babies. Where we could nurture the babies and teach them about recovery, because my daughter, that was one of the things that I had to teach her about. For them to know that Mom isn’t bad Mom is different and all mommies have problems, but I think a safe place for the kids to not just play and spend time but also where they can bond with other kids that have had the same things happen. For my daughter when she meets other kids here it is super cool and she gets to share their experience so for a place where they could all be together and we could have common goal with the children. Since we already know their backgrounds because of their moms and their dads and everything else, we have files so that gives us access to other parts of them. So a daycare for sure would be what I would build out to support our families even more.
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