Colorado judge’s censure confirms racial bias in our child protection system

Opinion piece published in the Colorado Sun, May 25, 2021 For the past year, parents and family members complained that a judge in Arapahoe County was biased against them because they were Black. I know this because they complained to my…
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Keeping Kids Safe: We Need To Update Colorado’s Child Abuse Reporting Law

Published: September 15, 2021 INTRODUCTION Olivia Gant was only 7 years old when she died. During her short life, it is alleged that her mother subjected her to five years of countless, unnecessary medical treatments and surgeries which…

Child Abuse On Planes is not a Grey Area

By Stephanie Villafuerte Printed in the Denver Post: December 31, 2017 The Denver Post recently published a shortened version of an Associate Press article about a mother from Lakewood, Colorado, who was indicted by a federal grand jury…