About Us
Created to Serve & Heal
State of the Heart Recovery Center (SHRC) is a non-profit, all-inclusive treatment center for substance abuse (including opioid addiction). We are unique in that our holistic approach addresses all aspects of an individual’s emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. Our programs incorporate traditional evidence-based treatments (e.g., group therapy and individual counseling), cutting-edge technology (e.g., 24/7 outreach support through mobile apps with integrated biometric feedback), and self-care therapies (e.g., massage and group fitness).
In addition with helping clients navigate recovery, we also lay the groundwork for successful reintegration into a sober lifestyle. Through our Comprehensive Community Support Services, our certified peer support workers (CPSW’s) work with individual clients to provide guidance and support with employment, education, housing, nutrition, and other necessary life skills. We ensure our clients have the tools to succeed and to become a member of our community.
Meet the Team
On-Site Staff
Paul Chavez
Executive Director & Counselor
Coming soon.
Richard Levine
Advanced Practice Pharmacist
Richard Levine has been working in addiction medicine for more than 15 years. He received both his Doctor of Pharmacy, Master of Science and Master in Public Health Administration from the University of Minnesota. He continued professionally as an advanced practice provider after moving to New Mexico 6 years ago treating patients with opiate and alcohol addiction with related behavioral health illness. Before joining State of the Heart Recovery he worked at the University of New Mexico’s addiction and substances abuse program also specializing in treating pregnant women.
Dr. Levine published in professional journals and participates in community substance abuse outreach programs. He advocates allocating more federal and state funds for substance abuse treatment to include primary and secondary school intervention. He further advocates changing laws allowing convicted felons to acquire education and housing loans as an integral component of their rehabilitation.
Board of Directors
Paul Chavez
Coming soon.
Margee Ortega
Margee Days-Ortega is an invested board member of State of the Heart Recovery and joins a wonderful team with a dream and passion to help individuals walk a path of recovery and health. Margee will serve, work alongside and contribute with her many gifts and skills she’s gained throughout her life.
Margee was born and raised in and around Lansing, Michigan until joining the USMC at nineteen. There she served for 4 years as a heavy equipment mechanic and sergeant of a Wing Support Group at Eltoro California. After her service she entered into an architectural career along with many other challenging chapters along the way.
Margee has worked with organizations like INNERchange And Habitat for Humanity and has a passion to volunteer to help communities near and far. Margee is a mother of a daughter heading to middle school in the Fall.
Richard Levine
Richard Levine has been working in addiction medicine for more than 15 years. He received both his Doctor of Pharmacy, Master of Science and Master in Public Health Administration from the University of Minnesota.
He continued professionally as an advanced practice provider after moving to New Mexico 6 years ago treating patients with opiate and alcohol addiction with related behavioral health illness.
Before joining State of the Heart Recovery he worked at the University of New Mexico’s addiction and substances abuse program also specializing in treating pregnant women.
Dr. Levine published in professional journals and participates in community substance abuse outreach programs. He advocates allocating more federal and state funds for substance abuse treatment to include primary and secondary school intervention. He further advocates changing laws allowing convicted felons to acquire education and housing loans as an integral component of their rehabilitation.
James Chavez
James Chavez is a senior technician at T-Mobile. He has worked in the mobile communication industry for over 10 years and is A+ certified. His current role with T-Mobile team of experts involves troubleshooting equipment and account issues while diagnosing and escalating network issues through the proper channels. He has a deep understanding of blockchain technology and decentralized finance and its currently pursuing a certification in blockchain programming. He has a passion for spending time outdoors and live music and enjoys traveling and spending time with his family. On the weekends you might find him tending his vegetable garden or flying his drone around the mesa or local park. James is a native of Albuquerque with a desire to end poverty and suffering and is confident that by changing the current profit model and utilizing technology within a holistic system working with multiple agencies we can create a duplicatable model for global healing.
Antoinette Tinawin
Toni is the Regional Vice President of Property Management for Shea Properties, a diversified real estate company responsible for the acquisition, design, development, construction, leasing and management of business parks, shopping centers, apartment communities and mixed-use environments. Toni oversees Shea’s Southern California portfolio of apartment communities consisting of 4,500+ units. With over 25 years in multi- family residential property management in New Mexico, Arizona and California, Toni has an excellent background in creating strategic alliances with organization leaders to effectively align with and support key business initiatives including lease-ups, renovations, acquisitions and dispositions. Her proven track record for outstanding results is driven by associate development, analytical strength, insight and clarity of vision.
