Presenter Bio
Victoria Ybanez, Diné, Apache and Mexican, has been working to end violence against American Indian/Alaskan Native peoples for 35 years. She is the Executive Director of Red Wind Consulting, Inc. coordinating and providing Tribal Technical Assistance (TTA) for the Office on Violence Against Women. Current projects include the development/implementation of Tribal specific shelter and transitional housing programs; addressing children impacted by domestic violence and teen dating violence; working with Tribal college and university campuses developing holistic responses to sexual assault; and responses for urban Native programs. Through the Office on Victims of Crime, she works in partnership to provide TTA on Elder Abuse to multidisciplinary team. She developed the National Tribal Advocate Center, developed the curriculum for each training and serves as lead faculty. Ms. Ybanez is published in three anthologies: Shout Out: Women of Color Respond to Violence; Sharing Our Stories of Survival: Native Women Surviving Violence; and Birthed from Scorched Hearts.