Darcy Patterson brings her professional medical experience as an RN as well as her participation with multiple recovery groups to the SafeLaunch Board. Darcy’s passion for our work stems from her own tragic experience, having lost her vital and beautiful daughter to overdose. Kirsten was only 21 when she became a victim of the opioid epidemic. Darcy’s dedication to our program is to help educate parents and prevent other children from being lost to addiction.

Darcy currently lives in Reno, Nevada. Read Kirsten's story here. https://www.safelaunch.org/kirstenyamaoka