Bridgett Williamson is currently the Co-Director of the Citizens Project in New Haven, Connecticut, for Yale’s Program for Recovery & Community Health (PRCH). She has worked in the field of Peer Support Services for approximately eleven years. Her work began as a peer mentor for Columbus House, Inc. in New Haven, Connecticut. She has been with Yale-PRCH since 2007, starting first as a casual employee, and since 2013, she has been employed by Yale as a Research Assistant. Her contribution to the work of citizens-oriented care, community organizing, and peer support has influenced the field nationally and internationally. Bridgett has presented in Montreal and Glasgow. According to Bridgett, “I love my work, I can be myself. I don’t have to pretend. When I’m working with my peers, I meet them where they’re at. I know that I’m not always going to connect with people right away, but in time, once they see that I’m not going anywhere, the walls come down.”