Profile Information
Location
Richmond, VA
Country
United States
Postal Code
23235
What is it you do for a living? (Parenting, volunteering, CEO of social service organization, etc.)
Things I do: parent a teen, support my husband (a pastor), provide leadership and guidance to women and younger mentees, lead education and support service initiatives with United Way, train people to create trauma-informed environments and practices.
What organization(s) do you volunteer or work for?
United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg, Area10 Faith Community, For Richmond
What is your interest in PACEs and resilience science?
My background is in child development, education and intervention and prevention science. This science of ACE's and resilience is a guiding light to teaching people how to love each other and love kids with an active kind of love. If you love someone, you do what is good for them. It's not possible to do what is good for someone until you see them fully. I use this science to (I hope) help people see themselves, each other and our kids more clearly so we can do better for all of us--but especially for our kids.
If you're part of a community-based PACEs initiative, which one?
Greater Richmond Trauma Informed Community Network and Southside Trauma Informed Community Network