Karabelle Pizzigati Initiative Lunch and Learn: Child Well-being with Dr. LaShawnda Kilgore from the Children's Defense Fund

Join us for the 2024 Karabelle Pizzigati Initiative Lunch & Learn Series. Come gain insight from esteemed experts in the field of children, youth and family advocacy. This series offers a dynamic opportunity to expand your knowledge by engaging with recognized leaders who have dedicated their careers to making a difference in the lives of children and their families. Lunch will be provided. 

Dr. LaShawnda Kilgore serves as the Manager of Research and Special Projects at the Children’s Defense Fund. She is currently conducting research on reconceptualizing child well-being. In this research, she engages the voices of children and their families to understand their meaning and experiences of child and youth well-being. Before her time at CDF, she served as a Family Engagement Coordinator at a public charter school while finishing her doctoral studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia (Mizzou). While at Mizzou, LaShawnda was a full-time student and a teaching and research assistant. Her research focuses on foster and adoptive families, resilience, childhood trauma, and child well-being. She is passionate about writing the voices of marginalized communities into research and using research to advocate for change.

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