Trauma-Informed photographer Tamara Knox MSW/ASW was awarded a Seeding Creativity grant from the Office of Arts & Culture (OAC) to create a book to feature stories beyond surviving with written consent from thriving participants. Asset-based storytelling is the practice of examining, crafting and sharing stories by centering individuals' and communities' strengths, resilience, assets and lived experiences.Tamara Knox partnered with Sacramento City College Photography and Visual Journalism Department to create portraits for thriving storytelling participants in their Studio. Her work is featured in the department at the Russ Solomon Gallery. She is grateful to God, Sponsors, and the thrivers for letting them highlight them and the amazing work that they are doing in their communities.