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Marisela Hernandez, MSW, LSW, currently serves as a Clinician at Eskenazi Health and is the Founder and President of Las Olas Advocacy Services. In addition to these roles, Marisela is a Windows Facilitator at A Window Between Worlds and an Authorized Facilitator for Darkness to Light's Stewards of Children®. Previous experience includes working as a Medical Social Worker at Indiana University Health, a School Social Worker and Family and Community Coordinator at pilotED Schools, and as a Social Work Intern at both the IU School of Medicine and Indiana University Health. Marisela's earlier role as a Victim Assistance Civil Specialist at Zero Abuse Project involved trauma-informed advocacy for victims during civil litigation processes. Marisela holds a Master of Social Work from Indiana University Indianapolis and California State University, Long Beach, along with a Bachelor’s in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Indiana State University, and an Associate’s Degree in Paralegal Studies from Ivy Tech Community College.
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Darkness to Light
Our mission is, quite simply, to end child sexual abuse. With affiliates in all 50 U.S. states and 16 additional countries, we provide training and resources that empower communities to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. Our flagship training, Stewards of Children®, is the only nationally available program scientifically proven to increase knowledge, improve attitudes, and change child-protective behaviors. This program combines child sexual abuse facts and prevention information with personal commentary from survivors, experts, and concerned adults to create a comprehensive, positive approach to prevention training.