Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2025
Location: Griffith Park 4669 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Event Schedule
8:00 AM – Walk site opens
9:30 AM – Official Walk Program begins
10:00 AM – Walk kickoff
Dog-Friendly: Bring your furry friends! The walk path is pet-friendly and includes watering stations for both people and dogs.
Family-Friendly: A safe, welcoming space for all ages. As a beneficiary team, 100% of the funds raised through our walk team will go directly to The Happier Life Project’s peer-led recovery services, expanding support, hope, and healing for individuals and families choosing recovery.
As a beneficiary team, 100% of the funds raised through our walk team will go directly to The Happier Life Project’s peer-led recovery services, expanding support, hope, and healing for individuals and families choosing recovery.
Breaking the Silence, Shattering the Stigma
At The Happier Life Project, our mission is to empower individuals, families, and communities affected by substance use issues and mental health challenges. Through peer-led recovery support, education, and advocacy, we work to reduce stigma, shift perspectives, and create a future where recovery is normalized, valued, and embraced as a transformative journey.
This year, we are proud to join the Shatterproof Walk to End Addiction Stigma, a national movement bringing together thousands of people across the country who understand addiction, uplift all pathways of recovery, and advocate for evidence-based care.
By raising funds for Shatterproof, we are helping shine a hopeful light on addiction as the treatable health condition it is, while removing barriers that too often stand in the way of recovery. Together, Shatterproof and The Happier Life Project are working toward systemic change, creating a world where people can access the compassionate, lifesaving care they deserve.
Why We Walk
Honor those we have lost
Celebrate those living in recovery
Bring hope to the millions impacted by substance use disorder
How You Can Get Involved
Join our team and walk with us in Los Angeles
Donate to support The Happier Life Project’s peer-led recovery services
Share our story on social media to help break the silence and spread hope
Your support goes beyond today, it has a generational impact on families and communities. Each contribution represents empathy, compassion, and love for those navigating this journey.
Be the proof that we can all make a difference in this health crisis. Please consider supporting this cause by donating today.
Together, we can save lives. Together, we are Shatterproof, and together, we are The Happier Life Project.
Alyssa Murray, the administrative assistant at The Happier Life Project works in the background helping The Happier Life Project run smoothly. Alyssa has had both personal and professional experience working with the recovery community which provides her with a unique ability to empathize and connect with those who are affected by addiction as well as mental health conditions.
Carolina Ayala, the founder and executive director of The Happier Life Project leads the organization as a trauma-informed certified peer coach, facilitator, and advocate for the recovery community in Riverside County. Carolina’s unique approach combines her years of business administration experience with her direct experience as a justice-involved woman in long-term recovery.
A founding board member with lived experience. As an early team member of Happier Life Project, Madeline is devoted to reducing stigma around Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Disorders and helping connect people in need to resources. While pursuing a degree in Psychology, she is a Certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher and is constantly exploring the intersection of nature and therapy though studying family constellation therapy, equine therapy, sustainable living practices, and permaculture. Madelina Collective is a network of women around the world who collaborate with the shared goal of bringing change, inspiration, and perspective to the world through art and innovation. She is actively engaged in fostering creativity and connection amongst women from diverse backgrounds in an effort to be a light for other seekers.
Leah is first and foremost a relationship builder who recognizes the significance of working in a collaborative and welcoming environment.