Carol Rose  is an educator and Recovery Ally for Mental Health and Substance Use. She raises the awareness of recovery and is passionate about destigmatizing the language associated with substance use. She has co-facilitated Substance Use Disorder groups in a substance use IOP facility, hospice work through the Chaplain’s office of a local hospital and coordinated a bereavement support group at her church.  Carol is a Certified Addiction Recovery Coach (CARC) and has a Masters degree in Mental Health Counseling (MHDL).

She has an entrepreneurial spirit which began as a successful small business retail owner. It provided the groundwork to learn how to effectively listen and communicate, provide quality customer service and be creative. She became interested in Collegiate Recovery Programs (CRP’s) which support students in early recovery when a family member of hers enrolled in such a program in a neighboring state.  After much research Carol presented the plans to start a CRP to the Director of Counseling and Student Wellness and the Director of Student Health at UNC Charlotte.  She is the founder and past coordinator of the CRP at UNC Charlotte, which she is incredibly proud of.  It is the first university in the 17- school UNC system to start a CRP which has grown to 10 universities, 5 community colleges and one recovery high school.

After leaving UNC Charlotte, Carol started working for a residential treatment facility that specializes in the treatment of young men, women and teen boys  with co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders. She has built strong referral relationships across the country and has often presented on “The Language of Recovery” and “Becoming an Ally” to universities, high schools, community agencies along with Greek Fraternity and Sorority Life and churches.