Long before Sea Change was founded in November 2020 by Elizabeth Burke Beaty of Long Beach Island, NJ, had been supporting her locals who were battling substance use disorder. As a practicing Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) and Life Coach with 30 years of personal recovery and a recognized leader in her community since 2012, Elizabeth had been witnessing community members suffering, dying, and grieving losses of their loved ones. She also has a background in entrepreneurship, building three businesses as well as professional experience inside state-supported non-profit organizations. Lastly, with lived experience as a Foster Parent in the New Jersey Department of Child Protection and Permanency, essentially living inside families, she has directly witnessed the unnecessary suffering due to the opioid crisis and mental health concerns. Click here for her personal story of recovery.