In 2015, a group of amazing physicians at Children's Health Alliance reached out to me and asked me how to address trauma in children and families. The answer was simple: teach parents how to build resilience in their children. Resilience decreases the effects of trauma.

Physicians & teachers who work with children are in a unique position to create a tremendous impact on children and families they work with because they interact with children before most other systems can - and they build trusting relationships with children throughout their lives. So, when I was asked to create a curriculum around resilience-building techniques, I was honored to have the opportunity. I blended everything I knew about trauma, child development, and family systems then layered that upon research-based interventions to create an amazing learning opportunity for them to guide children and families through ways to move from adversity to thriving within their professional practices. I work under the assumption that all families face adversity, parents are truly doing the best they can with the experiences they have had, and that professionals want to help families heal and feel seen. 

My passion is that every person who interacts in the life of a child is trauma-informed, resilience-trained, and becomes a champion in his/her organization to help children heal and families thrive.