Education/Awareness =
Positive Outcomes
Driven by a purpose to train the healthcare workforce in providing trauma informed care, post sexual assault care, SDOH and interpersonal violence screening, and providing quality patient care for survivors of gender based violence that prevents re-victimzation and reduces secondary trauma.
Community education options: Stop the Bleed, Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence awareness & intervention, Trauma Informed Care and Menopause/Sexual Health/Midlife Care for .
I’ll create something meaningful for your team that will be engaging and supportive for participants as well as transformational for your healthcare system or other worksite.
2026 SPEAKING EVENTS:
1/21/26 Human Trafficking Awareness for Community Violence Interrupters (CVI). Giving Others Dreams, Chicago IL
1/28/26 Human Trafficking Awareness for Future Nurses. Malcolm X College, Chicago IL
2/4/26 Stop the Bleed Training. Giving Others Dreams, Chicago IL
3/13/26 Trauma-Informed Post-sexual assault care Training. Northwestern Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Chicago IL
3/28/26 Panelist, The Story of Marty Goddard (The history of rape kits). Working Women’s History Project, Chicago IL
4/4/26 Trauma Informed Care Training for Emergency Responders & Staff. Medical Reserve Corps, Chicago IL
4/7/26 Trauma Informed Care for Survivors of Human Trafficking. AMWA-PATH Webinar
4/29/26 Stop the Bleed Training. Rincon Family Services, Chicagol IL
5/28/26 Utilizing a Dedicated, Trauma informed Post Sexual Assault Clinic for the Prevention of Gender based violence. Reclaim Love Conference, The Network, Chicago IL
6/30/26 Panelist, Thought Leadership Panel on macro-systemic trauma, community grief & advocacy. Survivorship Matters: Healing Individuals, Restoring Communities, Chicago Survivors, Chicago IL
9/23/26 Roll Call Training on Human Trafficking for Healthcare Professionals. Annual Cook County Human Trafficking Taskforce Meetings, Chicago IL
10/15-16/26 Establishing an Office-based, Trauma-informed Clinic for Post Sexual Assault Care: An Opportunity for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking and Repeat Sexual Violence. 2026 Annual Sexological Conference, Denver CO
VESSA Expansion Amendment
Provided assistance in the language surrounding the 2021 amendment to the IL Victims Economic Security and Safety Act (VESSA) to be more inclusive of non-marital family relationships and same-sex survivors as well as expanding the definition of violent crimes covered to include victims of physical assault and homicide.
Provided expert testimony to the Illinois House and Senate committees on the importance of this amendment to create a Trauma-Informed societal response to ALL victims of violent crimes, who are often young and from lower socioeconomic backgrounds with less workplace protections, and their family members.
Hard Work, Real Impact.
Training the next generation of healthcare professionals as patient advocates. Organized and led the AMWA-PATH trip to DC to advocate for the Trafficking Survivor Relief Act of 2025. Passed December 2025.
Reach out if you are looking for a healthcare professional with advocacy experience and expertise in providing testimony for issues that impact patients and healthcare workers.
Reach out if you want help in organizing an advocacy trip for your team or group by creating an agenda and one-pager summary, scheduling appointments with critical legislators, making hotel accommodations and other important reservations, and providing guidance and support while in DC.
Human Trafficking Education & Resource Packet for Healthcare
As co-chair of the Healthcare Subcommittee of the Cook County Human Trafficking Task Force, I put together a packet of resources that was distributed to area hospitals to aid in the trauma-informed care of patients impacted by human trafficking.
Exterior Installation for Chicago Victims of Homicide
Provided the installation support and design for the outdoor row of photos to honor the survivors who have lost their family members to homicide 2020-2025. In 2024 honored victims of domestic violence and invited representatives from the local domestic violence agencies to table and discuss Karina’s Law which was passed in early 2025.
