Written by MARÍA VERZA and GINNETTE RIQUELME Elisa Xolalpa has had three daughters and found a job she enjoys since a former boyfriend tried to destroy her life by tossing acid on her when she was 18. Two decades later, she is...
Written by SALLY HO and CAMILLE FASSETT Ava Lerario lived in a home marked by both love and chaos, even before the walls of the pandemic started closing in on her fractured family. Sandwiched between two brothers, the 9-year-old...
Chapel Hill’s Compass Center for Women and Families is expanding its services to include housing and mental health support to victims of domestic violence and their children. Thanks to a $350,000 grant from the Governor’s Crime...
Compass Center for Women and Families, a nonprofit that provides domestic violence, self-sufficiency and youth health services, launched CUT IT OUT® beginning in July, a national curriculum that trains salon professionals in...
Domestic abuse is rarely something we talk about in society, but at UNC’s School for Social Work, a study into counseling for survivors and victims of abuse shows promising results.