Profile Information
Location
Norman, OK
Country
United States
Postal Code
73026
What is it you do for a living? (Parenting, volunteering, CEO of social service organization, etc.)
child advocate
What organization(s) do you volunteer or work for?
foster parent, board member of non profit that offers therapeutic services to both parents/caregivers and children, CASA volunteer
What is your interest in PACEs and resilience science?
Adopting 2 children who each have high ACE scores, I see daily the effects of trauma on their lives. Advocating for foster children to find safe/healthy permanency, to stop their ACE scores from rising. Helping to educate about the life long impacts to our communities when children experience trauma, advocate for change.