Profile Information
Location
Schenectady, NY
Country
United States
Postal Code
12302
What is it you do for a living? (Parenting, volunteering, CEO of social service organization, etc.)
Farmer, Food Waste Recycler
What organization(s) do you volunteer or work for?
BioSoil Farm
What is your interest in PACEs and resilience science?
I am interested in ACE concepts as a father of an adopted older child from Ethiopia who lost both his biological parents to HIV/AIDS and suffered a great deal of early childhood trauma. We have witnessed the challenges first hand. He is a successful US Marine today but parenting him got me interested. Now I am looking for ways to help kids with ACES and would like to study the effects of gardening at school as a possible method to reduce anxiety and depression associated with ACES.