Profile Information
Location
Little Rock, AR
Country
United States
Postal Code
72201
What is it you do for a living? (Parenting, volunteering, CEO of social service organization, etc.)
Newly-elected circuit judge; previous director of the Arkansas Access to Justice Commission and Foundation
What organization(s) do you volunteer or work for?
Arkansas Access to Justice, Monroe County Children in Trust, Legal Services Corporation Eviction Study Advisory Board, UA Little Rock Racial Disparities Project Steering Committee, Arkansas Judicial Branch Steering Committee
What is your interest in PACEs and resilience science?
I am interested in how courts need to become trauma-informed on all fronts, from family law cases to criminal law. I am also writing a series of articles about ACEs and the criminal justice system
If you're part of a community-based PACEs initiative, which one?
I'm a member of a local ACEs workgroup convened by the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care and the Monroe County Children in Trust program, which is a medical-educational-legal partnership focused on building resilience among young school children facing adversity.