Join us Wednesday September 23rd for a Q&A session with Christma Rusch. Christma will be talking about following your passion, stepping out of fear, leading with integrity, and authentic community partnerships.

Christma Rusch is a long time native to Manitowoc. She began her work in nonprofits, human service,, and community work in 2010. She started out working in prevention and then moved into juvenile justice as the program coordinator for the Manitowoc County Youth Diversion Program.

During her 5 years with Lakeshore CAP, she obtained her BS in Human Development, became a master ACE’s trainer with Saint E’s, kids at hope trainer, and a smart recovery facilitator for youth. Christma is currently pursuing her master in organizational leadership and administration at Concordia University. Christma is also someone who has been in long term recovery from substance use disorder since 2005. She is a mother, a wife, a foster parent, an advocate, a sponsor, and most recently the founder and director of the Lighthouse Recovery Community Center.