Karen Roller, PhD, MFT, FAAETS, DNCCM, CT, CFT, CSCR, is a Clinical Traumatologist and Compassion Fatigue Therapist. She served the foster care and migrant communities of Santa Cruz County for 15 years; has worked in juvenile detention diversion programs addressing dis-proportionate minority confinement; and is currently Clinical Coordinator at Family Connections in Redwood City, a parent-involvement preschool serving the migrant Community of San Mateo County. In collaboration with Global Trauma Research, she is performing trauma training and outcome research in Haiti. She is Assistant Professor in the Counseling Department at Palo Alto University.