For forging a path to recovery, King County drug court employee honored by Senator Patty Murray

Crossposted from King County Superior Court on Medium

Joe Barsana was a child when he first met Patty Murray. She was his preschool teacher.

Murray would later be known as the “mom in tennis shoes” who became an influential U.S. senator.

Barsana became addicted to drugs as a young man, got arrested multiple times, and eventually got into King County Drug Diversion Court (KCDDC). He graduated in 2020, then went back to KCDDC and asked for a job. Read more.