CHRISTINA M. DALPIAZ is a certified Victims' Advocate and family therapist, as well as Executive Director of CHANCE (Changing How Adults Nurture Children's Egos), a nonprofit agency based in Denver, Colorado aiming to make family violence socially unacceptable for children's sake. An international speaker, Dalpiaz holds degrees in psychology and early childhood education and also holds certification in addiction counseling. She received the Child Advocate of the Year Award in 1998 from the Aurora Family Violence Response Team and has also participated in two documentaries for television on family violence and children, The Truth About Teen Violence and There's No Place Like Home. Dalpiaz… previously served as an intelligence officer in the US Navy Reserves and retired as a Lieutenant Commander. She has personally been involved in violence issues because she raised a young relative who had been living in a home with family violence.