The field is full of dedicated people. The infrastructure to support them is weak.
Brave Path Strategies fills a gap the field has rarely addressed: structured support for the coordination and leadership work that holds community response together.
From advisory hours to sustained coalition coaching to government systems partnership, Brave Path Strategies offers support that meets you where you are.
Explore services"The people holding community response systems together deserve the same quality of support they are expected to provide."
Brave Path Strategies was built to fill the gap the field has not filled — practitioner-led, leadership-focused support for coordinated response to gender-based violence and human trafficking.
Brave Path Strategies was born out of the need to build differently.
I am a social worker, strategist, and consultant with over 15 years of experience at the intersection of gender-based violence prevention, human trafficking response, and survivor-centered systems change. I launched Brave Path Strategies to build together differently — bringing leadership and focused support to the organizations doing the work to build a more equitable society every day.
As Director of GBV Strategy & Policy for the City of Chicago, I chaired the Mayor's GBV Strategic Plan Task Force where I convened community-based organizations, city officials, and survivor leaders to design and implement a first-of-its-kind comprehensive municipal response to gender-based violence and human trafficking. I also convened Chicago's first Survivor Leader Working Group, positioning people with lived experience as central architects of the city's response.
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The field is missing support
for the people holding it together.
Most technical assistance is content-focused. Brave Path Strategies focuses on something different: the structural and relational work of coordination itself — how to build coalitions that function, navigate interagency dynamics, and lead systems change from the inside.
Practitioner-led
Every recommendation grounded in what I have seen work and what I have seen fail, within government, coalitions, and non-profit contexts.
Survivor-centered
Survivor leadership is not a checkbox. It is the backbone of eradicating violence and building equity across communities and systems of care.
Capacity-building
The goal is to leave you stronger than I found you, with better structures and more confident leaders.
Equity Focused
I will use data and critical analysis to identify inequities within power structures, policies, and practices and help to build a stronger foundation.