Meet Trudy
"I was getting ready to go off the deep end. I had already tried to commit suicide twice before.” Trudy has lived half a lifetime — 30 years — in San Francisco. A participant in one-on-one counseling sessions at New Leaf, Trudy says, “They virtually saved my life after I left my husband and then lost my job. It just looked like all hell was coming down on me. New Leaf was half a block away. I walked over there and said, 'I need help.'”

Trudy, who has a teaching degree and has worked a variety of jobs, including driving a cab, working in a library, and being a security guard, loves playing games and watching the Sundance Channel. Trudy says about New Leaf, “I feel extremely safe with my counselors. It’s like going in to talk to my sisters. If something happens to New Leaf, I will really be hurting. New Leaf is my hope.”