We spotlight Treger Strasberg, founder of Humble Design, during Women’s History Month, whose nonprofit–now in five states–is furnishing a rapidly growing number of homes for the homeless with her personal “design with dignity” approach.
Since its inception, The Women’s Eye website’s goal has been to build an incredible community of women who create positive change in the world. These are women who are making history; building communities; and finding new ways to improve people’s lives. So, in honor of this historic month, we are bringing back guests from the past who continue to be changemakers by achieving their own goals and dreams.
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On this episode of The Women’s Eye Podcast, I reunited with Treger Strasberg, founder of Humble Design, a nonprofit that furnishes homes — and hope — to those transitioning from homelessness.
“What I did my very first day at Humble is what we still continue to do. We make friends with people; we understand what they want; what they need; and we bring them a house full of furniture and decor items that represent them, that feel like that the home belongs to them, and that their empathy and dignity can be intact inside that home. It’s really a partnership.”
— Treger Strasberg
When we first met Treger 14 years ago, she described her initial mission: Design with Dignity. She has never wavered from that goal.
Since 2009, Humble Design has furnished 4,276 homes; 7,672 children are no longer sleeping on the floor; 12,502 total individuals were served including 444 veterans and 801 domestic abuse survivors. She says in 2025 alone, they furnished 557 homes, 944 minors and 1,548 individuals.
Not only has she changed lives, Treger has also changed the course of her own life. The mompreneur is now a full-time public speaker, a regular contributor to The Kelly Clarkson Show, an Emmy-nominated TV host of Welcome Home (with her husband Rob!), and a soon-to-be-author.
She also revealed she is about to launch Homes By Humble, an organization to help fund Humble. It will have a portfolio of affordable housing, “so we can take the dignity and empathy that we extend to the inside of the house, and extend it to the outside of the house.”
She doesn’t hesitate to offer advice on this podcast about how we can all jump in and help:
“First of all, we don’t hold a patent on helping people. If you want to get started… I started in my garage. I’m happy to help anybody who wants to gain some knowledge on how to do this. You don’t have to start with a 30,000 square foot warehouse.”
Treger admits that this is a nonprofit that they grew into. She doesn’t want people to feel intimidated by the size of Humble Design, because Humble Design is one person at a time.
Join us on this episode of The Women’s Eye podcast to learn how Mother Teresa inspired her to do small things. With so much conflict in this world, Treger says that we as human beings can step in, step up and give what we can.
”When I started Humble, it was because I connected with one person and decided to lean in and do something. What spun off was a deep, deep connection to other human beings and my community. I’m a humanist.
I believe that I am put on Earth here to take care of other human beings when I can, and for other human beings to take care of me when I need. It has been my calling, and it’s been so rewarding and so fulfilling.”
For more information on Treger, Humble Design and HOW YOU CAN HELP, check out:
Websites: tregerstrasberg.com | humbledesign.org
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