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Ex-con builds Mending Hearts to help others

In this Tuesday Nov. 18, 2014 photo, Trina Frierson, executive director of Mending Hearts, laughs with members of a residential recovery program during a group session, in Nashville, Tenn. Mending Hearts is a residential recovery-oriented therapeutic community for women who are or are at risk of becoming homeless as a result of their addiction to drugs, alcohol or both. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, Larry McCormack) NO SALES
In this Tuesday Nov. 18, 2014 photo, Trina Frierson, executive director of Mending Hearts, laughs with members of a residential recovery program during a group session, in Nashville, Tenn. Mending Hearts is a residential recovery-oriented therapeutic community for women who are or are at risk of becoming homeless as a result of their addiction to drugs, alcohol or both. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, Larry McCormack) NO SALES In this Tuesday Nov. 18, 2014 photo, Trina Frierson, executive director of Mending Hearts, laughs with members of a residential recovery program during a group session, in Nashville, Tenn. Mending Hearts is a residential recovery-oriented therapeutic community for women who are or are at risk of becoming homeless as a result of their addiction to drugs, alcohol or both. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, Larry McCormack) NO SALES

By Associated Press 1 min read

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A Nashville ex-con has put her troubled past aside and is helping others.

Trina Frierson is the founder of Mending Hearts, a 10-property recovery empire for those coming out of jails, prisons and drug rehabs.

Frierson, a former drug addict who once served time for selling drugs, has been sober 18 years.

Metro Juvenile Court Judge Sheila Calloway says Frierson doesn’t just give women a second chance at life, she gives them hope.

Mending Hearts helps up to 80 women at a time.