Child Advocates
Holli Hearn has extensive experience in quality assurance and project management within the energy sector, having held various managerial roles at BP from 2004 to 2016, including Upstream OE Testing and QA Manager, NAGP Testing & QA Manager, and Senior Software & Quality Manager. Holli's responsibilities involved establishing testing processes, managing teams for functional and performance testing, and ensuring production integrity through standardized quality assurance practices. Additionally, Holli served as a Court Appointed Child Advocate for Child Advocates since November 2016, providing advocacy support in the Greater Houston Area. Holli holds a BBA in Organizational Behavioral Management from the University of Houston, completed in 1986.
Child Advocates
Child Advocates mobilizes advocate volunteers to break the vicious cycle of child abuse. We speak up for abused children who are lost in the system and guide them into safe environments where they can thrive. A judge appoints Child Advocates to represent the best interests of a child or sibling group in foster care. They serve as the judge’s eyes and ears while the children are in custody, ensuring their unique needs are met until they can safely return home or are permanently placed with a loving relative or adoptive family. Unlike Child Protective Services caseworkers and court-appointed attorneys who juggle overwhelming caseloads, our volunteers represent just one child or sibling group at a time. Their advocacy makes sure no child falls through the cracks of our overburdened child welfare system. Child Advocates volunteers make a profound difference in the lives of the children they serve. Studies show children served by an advocate volunteer are better able to work with others and control deviant behavior than children without an advocate. Also, more parents of these children complete counseling services, psychiatric evaluations, and drug and alcohol counseling than those without an advocate. With Child Advocates’ help, we can break the cycle of child abuse and give more foster children a chance at a better, brighter future.