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Past Speaking Engagements

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"Managing Empathic Distress"

National Alliance of Sentencing Advocates and Mitigation Specialists (NASAMS) Fundamentals of Mitigation Conference,
October 2025

 

"Social Justice Teach-in: Disrupting Systems of Oppression with Restivism and Radical Self- and Collective Care"

New Mexico Highlands University Center for Excellence in Social Work, September 2025

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“Compassionate Detachment” and “Healing from Empathic Distress”

NM Law Offices of the Public Defender Annual Conference, June 2025

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"Harm Reduction: A Mindset and a Practice”  & “Empathic Distress or Compassion Fatigue: What’s the Difference, and How Do We Heal?”

32nd Annual Children’s Law Institute Conference, April 2025

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“Managing Compassion Fatigue Through Healthy Boundaries and Expectations”

NM Law Offices of the Public Defender Annual Conference, June 2023

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“Helping the Helpers”

New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association CLE Conference, December 2019

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“Women and Incarceration: A Social Work Response”

39th Annual NASW-NM Conference, March 2019

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“Myths of Substance Abuse Treatment”

University of New Mexico CSI 5th Annual Counseling Conference, November 2014

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