Profile Information
Location
Solana Beach, CA
Country
United States
Postal Code
92075
What is it you do for a living? (Parenting, volunteering, CEO of social service organization, etc.)
Sr. Digital Product Manager
What organization(s) do you volunteer or work for?
Healthwise
What is your interest in PACEs and resilience science?
I'm interested in ACE concepts to help more people understand how social behavior impacts health and change behavior so that we can make positive progress toward a healthier community. I believe that our health epidemic today stems from the root cause of adverse childhood experiences. I think the abuse we endure in our childhood in ingrained in our culture, and a cultural shift must happen to raise our collective consciousness and improve health on a national scale. I worked at a social network called OneHealth that was using ACE concepts to develop social programs for adults who had been through many comorbid condition treatments and were sharing their stories of childhood abuse. I want to make an impact and cure the root of problem instead of just treating the symptoms, like we seem to be doing as a sociological solution.
I'm also an adult child of family dysfunction, alcoholism, verbal and emotional abuse. I feel the pain and know the negative cognitions associated with this experience. I hope to heal those wounds for others so that we don't continue to act out on each other as a people.