Dr. Sherri Candelario is co-founder of Kate’s House Foundation®, creators of Washington’s first state accredited recovery homes for people on MOUD. When recovery housing excluded people receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment, she and Frank refused to accept it. They changed the rules.
Recovery Housing and MAT Leadership
People receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment belong in recovery housing. Treatment should never disqualify someone from having a home.
Sherri earned her Ph.D. in pharmacology from the University of Washington School of Medicine and is a published expert in opioid science. Her work focused on how opioids function and how they can be blocked — experience that now shapes Kate’s House’s commitment to evidence-based MAT inside structured recovery homes.
She is a federally registered U.S. patent agent and served as founding patent counsel for multiple biotechnology companies. From company formation through acquisition, she led intellectual property strategy, guided regulatory positioning, and directed due diligence during mergers and acquisitions.
“We can do better, and we must do better. People are not disposable. Putting someone out on the curb in 15 minutes for a transgression sets them back or worse.”
We do not believe people are disposable. When someone is struggling, they need structure, accountability, and support — not a snap eviction. We are advocates for the people in our homes, and often we are the family they do not have.
Today, Sherri and Frank focus on changing housing across the United States through the education system they created. They know they cannot house everyone — but they can teach others how to do it right. Learn more at https://frankandsherri.com.
Operational highlights: eight Level II MAT homes in Seattle, 1,000+ people housed, and 300 shared homes created nationwide using the model.
Sherri designs the technology behind Kate’s House and helped build a recovery housing model that puts people first and refuses to accept broken systems.