Maureen Cavanagh

Maureen Cavanagh has worked as a waitress, shot-girl, house cleaner, booking agent for punk rock bands in New York City in the 1980s, babysitter, tutor, bookkeeper, waitress again, owner of a commercial janitorial service, founder of the Utah chapter of a nonprofit called Project Children, fundraiser, domestic-violence advocate, publicist, grant writer, homelessness-prevention advocate, waitress once more, sub-prime auto finance company administrator, ESL tutor, tutor in a correctional facility, reading specialist, Language-based Learning Disability Special Education teacher, and automotive insurance agent. Cavanagh is now a treatment advocate and the founder of Magnolia New Beginnings, a peer-to-peer network and non-profit to assist those or their loved ones affected by substance use disorder.