From "Teresa Drake, Domestic Violence Advocate" (Santa Fe College):
... Teresa served as assistant state attorney and division chief of the Office of the State Attorney, 8th Judicial Circuit, in the Domestic Violence Unit, and worked in Child Welfare Legal Services. The first case she tried -- and won -- was on behalf of a group of 25 adopted children who were criminally abused by their foster mother.
"She is an unsung hero. ... While we may never know how many victims and children's lives she affected, we are confident that our community is better and safer because of her hard work," writes Judge Denise Ferraro and Carole Zegel, retired from the Guardian ad Litem program.
In addition to her advocacy, Teresa is also a certified yoga instructor and teaches Wise Women's Yoga at Sanctuary Yoga Studio. She is married to attorney Steve Pennypacker - they fell in love working on a child abuse case ... .
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