Erika first connected with the effort to create the TRC in 2011 through a collaboratively developed research project for her Master of Social Work program at the University of Southern Maine. The findings from that project have been published in the Journal of Public Child Welfare.
Erika has experience working in Native communities in northern Minnesota and southeast Alaska, and has a varied background as a community organizer, sled dog handler and farm worker.
Most recently, she worked as a clinical social worker, with a focus on understanding the impact of trauma on mental health and well-being.
She is honored to be part of the transformational healing and change-making work of the TRC, and to lend her research skills to contribute to a greater understanding of the shared and unique stories of child welfare in Wabanaki communities in Maine.
Contact Erika
erika @ mainewabanakitrc.org
