Profile Information
Location
Philadelphia, PA
Country
United States
Postal Code
19038
What is it you do for a living? (Parenting, volunteering, CEO of social service organization, etc.)
I am a writer and editor.
What organization(s) do you volunteer or work for?
I co-edit Collective Power, the publication of Home for Good Coalition. H4G is a nationwide coalition of families and communities working to transform trauma throughout all so-called helping systems--from foster care, welfare, criminal justice, and more. Real change will be driven by those most affected by these systems, and their voices are centered in our work.
What is your interest in PACEs and resilience science?
A personal history of sexual abuse in childhood and adolescence led me to read Van der Kolk's The Body Keeps the Score the same year it was published. His description of the results of the original ACES study made intuitive sense to me and sparked a great interest in using my personal experience of trauma healing to contribute to healing projects in Philadelphia and online.
