Profile Information
Location
Columbia, SC
Country
United States
Postal Code
29203
What is it you do for a living? (Parenting, volunteering, CEO of social service organization, etc.)
I work as a Bilingual-Regional Family Engagement Liaison with the Carolina Family Engagement Center at the University of South Carolina, where my passions for trauma-informed, community-based, strengths-based, equity-aware, relationship-centered, and family-strengthening initiatives coalesce in the remarkable work that I'm part of with South Carolinians across our state.
What organization(s) do you volunteer or work for?
The Carolina Family Engagement Center at the University of South Carolina is my place of employment. I volunteer with kids and families in my community whose lives are impacted by a variety of factors: adoption, disability & special needs, developmental trauma, etc.
What is your interest in PACEs and resilience science?
Six years into studying the science of ACEs and resilience, I find myself more compassionate, intrigued, and attuned to self, others, and community than ever before. What had previously been an intuitive, relational instinct for me in my understanding of humanity is underscored by a growing, deepening body of literature, and I am thrilled!
If you're part of a community-based PACEs initiative, which one?
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