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Shawana Booker, Center Director, LCSW (she/her)
Shawana is an Oakland native. She previously was Senior Director of Intensive Behavioral Health at EBAC. Prior to that, she provided trauma-informed culturally-responsive behavioral health interventions to children involved with the foster care system. She is also a national speaker and trainer on effective behavioral health interventions for children, youth, and families. She is a certified trainer of Triple P Parenting and has trained over 1000 practitioners to deliver this evidence-based intervention. Shawana earned her BA and MSW from University of California, Berkeley. Email
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Francesca Osuna, Training Coordinator/Organizational Coach (she/her)
Francesca is a Northern California native with Masters in Social Welfare and Public Health, who serves as the
Trauma Informed Systems Training and Evaluation Coordinator. Francesca has worked at East Bay Agency for
Children since 2013 and has experience in school-based settings with children, adolescents and families. She
understands what it means to be on the front lines of this work, and her perspective informs her approach to
training and evaluation. Email
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Jen Leland, Director of Partnerships (she/her)
Jen joined the EBAC team in April 2012. She is a licensed MFT with an extensive background in
community mental health programs including working as a residential counselor, street outreach worker
for sexually exploited minors, case manager, home-based family therapist, clinical supervisor as well as
directing multiple programs for various non-profit and county public health agencies. In 2014, Jen took on
the role of T2 Center Director. Having her own lived experiences in systems and more than 15 years in the
public health field, she is humbled and driven by the promise of this vision to connect communities to
compassionate systems. Email
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Cherie Falvey, Healing Organizations Manager (she/her)
Cherie is a public health champion who can work effectively to both change conditions for system change and create
tools for knowledge and practice change. She draws from a variety of experiences including public health,
epidemiology, research, and organizational change management to advance the larger goal for system transformation
and community healing. Email
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Antoine Moore, TIS Specialist and Leadership Coach (he/him)
Antoine is at heart a catalyst for learning and development, having done some form of individual or organizational
capacity building for 20 years. In the past, he worked as a life coach, nonprofit consultant, facilitator, manager, and
creative arts therapist. Antoine has great passion for helping others create trauma informed systems. His perpetual
question is how to set up creative, responsive contexts where people are able to bring forth their best thinking and being.
Antoine loves language and culture and has a goal to become conversant in 7 languages before he retires. Email
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Brianna Young (she/her), Lead Trainer and Project Specialist
Brianna is a Midwest native who draws on her experience as an educator, curriculum writer, and instructional coach to support projects and training facilitation at Trauma Transformed. Throughout her career, Brianna has journeyed through a variety of roles, from a national education consultant to a school-based site coordinator and instructional coach, as well as, most importantly, a middle school teacher. She obtained a Master's degree in curriculum and instruction, specializing in trauma and resilience in educational setting, and loves presenting, cultivating resources, and facilitating actionable conversations around equity, youth development, trauma-and-resilience informed practices, and systems-lvel decisions to actualize change. Email
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Paula Gonzalez, Lead TIS Trainer (she/her)
Paula, a native Spanish speaker, was born in Chile and raised outside of Boston, MA. She has her masters in Social Work
and Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPSC) from San Jose State University. For the past 7 years, Paula has provided
school-based therapy and case management for youth and families in the East Bay through various forms of expressive
arts and interactive media. In addition to providing therapy, Paula has developed school interventions to support the
broader social and emotional needs of children in school settings. Email
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Gigi Annino, Center Support (she/her)
Gigi provides administrative, marketing, and graphic design support to the T2 team. She is also the social media and
marketing strategist and event coordinator for social impact. Email
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Quandy, Therapy Dog
T2’s ancestral therapy dog.
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Dr. Ken Epstein, Leadership Coach (he/him)
Program: TIS Leadership
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Joyce Dorado, Lead TIS Curriculum Developer
Program: UCSF HEARTS (TIS in Education)
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Matt Reddam, Northern California TIS Facilitator
Program: TIS in Education
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Saun-Toy Trotter, Lead TIS Trainer and Coach
Program: Compassion Fatigue, Healing Circle
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Briana Moore, Lead TIS Trainer
Program: Compassion Fatigue, Healing Circle
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Darryn Green, TIS Coach
Program: Child Welfare, Community-led Policy
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