Gracie Getschel serves as the Advocacy and Prevention Program Manager at First Witness Child Advocacy Center in Duluth, Minnesota. In this role, Gracie enjoys getting to inform caregivers, children, teachers, advocates, and child abuse professionals alike about the intricacies of child abuse and how we can work as a community to prevent child abuse from happening. With years of experience in advocacy, Gracie specializes in topics surrounding problematic sexual behaviors in children, poverty versus child neglect, reluctant caregivers, and courtroom advocacy. Gracie holds bachelor’s degree in both Biochemistry and Criminology from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Before working at First Witness, she worked directly with children within public schools, as well as with adults in residential drug treatment facilities. These positions, combined with her education, fostered her love for working with children and families and strengthened her knowledge of how trauma affects children, adolescents, and adults. In her free time, Gracie enjoys paddling up the North Shore, trying new coffee shops, going on long hikes, and watching even longer movies.