Credentials

- Initiated a pilot Educational Domestic Violence Program for Teenage Girls
- Recipient of a “Certificate of Appreciation”, from the Los Angeles County Domestic Violence Council for outstanding dedication to the issues of Domestic Violence
- Presenters at The California Federation of Woman’s Clubs
- Guest lecturers for Carole Georges, Esq. Marriage & Family Law, Paralegal Studies Class at West Los Angeles College
- Participants in the strategic planning of the South Bay Family Justice Center
- Authors of New Life Advocacy’s Guide Through the California Family Court For Victims of Domestic Violence
- Honored as advocates by Collaborative Alternatives to Violence and Abuse (CAVA)
- Guest Speaker at the Long Beach Area Child Abuse & Domestic Violence Prevention Council
- Guest Presenters at the 7th International Conference on Family Violence
- Facilitators of the Certified Court Advocate Training in California, over 500 advocates trained.

Affiliations

- Member of Collaborative for Alternatives to Violence and Abuse (CAVA)
- Members of the South Bay Family Violence Council
- Members of, Statewide California Coalition for Battered Women (SCCBW)
- Members of California Alliance Against Domestic Violence (CAADV)
- Trainers for the Hermosa Beach Police Dept. Advocate Response Team

2000

- 2500 family court hours (on going in Los Angeles County)
- Team Certified Court Advocate Service: Advocacy in family court for victims of domestic violence- with specialties in child custody
- Litigant Consultants for litigants who are in a child custody dispute in family court
- Facilitators of the monthly Child Custody Workshop for battered women and children
- Members of The Program Submission Review Committee for the 5th International
Conference on Family Violence
- Members of The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Members of The Statewide California Coalition for Battered Women
- Members of The California Alliance Against Domestic Violence
- Members of The South Bay Family Violence Council
- Members of The Long Beach Area, Domestic Violence Prevention Council
- Co-Sponsors and Presenters for the Practical Applications for Custody Evaluations
- Trained 36 domestic violence service agencies across California via The Certified Court Advocate Training

1998-1999

- Members of The Los Angeles Commission on Women -Child Custody
Committee
- Testified before the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors about the problems and inequities in the Los Angeles Family Court System as it pertains to victims of domestic violence.
- Facilitated The Mothers Coalition Meeting: a gathering of mothers whom, unjustly lost custody of their children to the batterer.
- Founded The Toni Dykstra Memorial Fund, a victim of domestic violence who was
allegedly killed by her abuser.
- Facilitated a public hearing, Mothers Day Without My Children conducted at the Board of Supervisors Meeting Room in Los Angeles.
- Conducted a workshop for The Family Violence and the Court IV: A California Conference in Sacramento, entitled Family Law Court and The Survivor

1997-1998

- Certified over 400 court advocates from the Los Angeles County and throughout California
- Conducted Legal Seminars for domestic violence professionals
- Conducted a training seminar, Family Court From the Victims Point of View

a- Psychiatric Office/Domestic Violence Education of 730 Child Custody
    Evaluators for Los Angeles County (per Senate Bill 800)
b- Victims Assistant Team from the Manhattan Beach Police Department
c- Volunteers for the first Domestic Violence Clinic in Torrance Superior Court
d- Redondo Beach Domestic Violence Response Team
e- Su Casa, Domestic Violence Volunteer Program (yearly)

1994-1996

- Created The Certified Court Advocate Training Program
- Developed The California Court Connection, a report on bench officers who did not
follow the law
- Wrote and published, Step by Step a Guide to Obtaining a Restraining Order
- Published and circulated The New Life Advocate, a quarterly newsletter
- Advocated in criminal court for victims of domestic violence in collaboration with the Redondo Beach City Attorney’s Office

1992-1993