Emily Lux, PhD, LSW is an Adjunct Professor at Tulane University School of Social Work, and Visiting Clinical Associate for the College of Law at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. She also serves as a board member for the Lifeline for Moms Postpartum Mental Health Advisory Council at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, and as the Advisory Board Director for The Village Project through the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests focus on child welfare and perinatal mood disorders.

Gina L. Signorelli is an attorney and licensed clinical social worker with nearly 25 years of social work experience in the areas of direct practice, program development, administration, management, and supervision. She earned a Master of Social Work from Tulane University (1999) and a Juris Doctor from Southern University Law Center (2019). Signorelli taught law school courses and published articles providing solutions for the psychological and social effects of legal immigration waivers and challenges for non-English speakers in the American justice system.

Dr. Deslie Bonano-Broussard, DSW, LCSW-BACS, BCD, has been a Board-Certified Diplomat in Clinical Social Work since 2005 and earned Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist status in 2017. She earned a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1998 and a Doctor of Social Work degree from Tulane University in 2022. She is a board-approved clinical supervisor for Louisiana and a field supervisor for students at The University of Southern Mississippi and Grand Canyon University.

Dr. Lisa M. Wineburg has worked in the mental health field for over 18 years, specializing in trauma-informed modalities. Dr. Wineburg’s passion for helping and healing has led her to open a behavioral health agency, New Beginnings Behavioral Health Services, and a nonprofit organization, The Butterfly Effect Trauma Response & Treatment Foundation, where her main priority is to provide the community with quality mental health support.

Dr. Ingram has nearly 2 decades of direct social work experience in a variety of settings such as, but not limited to the following: child welfare (case management and foster care services), police crisis unit (crisis counseling), inpatient care management (complex discharge planning), in-home therapeutic services (intensive in-home), parenting groups (researched-based Substance Use Disorder prevention), outpatient substance use treatment (individual and group Cognitive Behavior Therapy), amongst other arenas.