Kona Kai Coffee

OUR STORIES

BY Sarah Martin

Each day I show up to work as a barista at Kona Kai Coffee in Tukwila, is another day for which I am grateful. Here in this bright, airy space, the normal conversations I have with my customers – a mix of students, local workers and library patrons — inspire me and give me hope.

The last 12 years of my life have not been especially hopeful, much of it spent on a roller coaster of drug and alcohol dependency.

But over the last few months at Kona Kai, I’ve been on a steady path to reclaim and rebuild my life – one day at a time. It required me to completely walk away from my old lifestyle, leaving behind toxic relationships that were making it impossible for me to heal.

Read more about Sarah’s story.