We are pleased to announce that Dina Bruce is the new OpenDoors Deputy Director. She is managing our 85 Bed Motel 6 Homeless Shelter, our 24 Hour Warming & Cooling Station in Pawtucket, Plainfield St. Men's Homeless Shelter and Foundations, a 14-bed Women's Transitional House. Dina helped manage the Providence Center's Men's Road to Recovery Residential Treatment Program for seven years and started working at OpenDoors late 2021. She is on the Steering Committee of the Statewide Continuum of Care, is a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist, and is a winner of the 2023 Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness Courage Award

As a person with lived experience, I come to work every morning hoping to make a difference in someone’s life. People who are incarcerated often struggle to stay out of prison and re-enter society. I believe that everyone deserves a chance at a better life.

Whenever I meet a new person who has been released from incarceration, I always want them to know that they should give themselves a chance, and that they deserve a good life. It’s hard to start over, but if you lean on your support systems, you can make it happen.