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OMAR CHAVARRIA-DURON

OMAR CHAVARRIA-DURON is the director of Mastermind Recovery, drawing on his lived experience with addiction, homelessness, and the criminal justice system to help others rebuild their lives. He now focuses on faith-based 12‑step recovery, sober housing, and mentoring men in early sobriety.

April 25, 2026

Life After Getting Shot, Stabbed, Detoxing Off K2 & The Choice I Made To Avoid 99 Yrs in Prison

Born in Kansas to Mexican parents, Omar was sent as a baby to live with his grandparents in Mexico. He returned to Kansas around age five where he learned English, was bullied and sexually abused, then drifted into gangs and ...

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