Amber Miller

Student Services Assistant

Amber is the Student Services Assistant at Wesley House, providing maintenance and administrative support for the staff and residents, offering social services and referrals, and managing the Wesley House food pantry. Amber designed and spearheaded the pantry volunteer program in Fall 2023. She also facilitates a variety of educational groups to speak about options and pathways to reduce recidivism.

At a young age, Amber became institutionalized after living in behavioral camps, group homes, homeless/domestic violence shelters, correctional facilities, and alcohol/drug rehabilitation centers. After her release from custody in late 2016, following the completion of her probation, Amber enrolled full-time at San Diego City College while living in a homeless shelter with her daughter. She obtained her Associate’s Degree in Sociology and Alcohol and Other Drug Studies. Amber is now a resident at Wesley House, a Project Rebound student, and a graduate of San Diego State University with a bachelor’s in criminal justice. She is in her second year of the Master of Social Work program at Cal State San Marcos with future plans of a career as a Correctional Social Worker.

Amber’s lived experience has given her the strength to persevere through adversity and helped her to find her passion to help others who come from similar backgrounds improve their circumstances. “Higher education was my way out,” says Amber, “it gave me another chance at life.”