Maite Aros
Treasurer
Domestic Violence Community Health Advocate Program Coordinator, CHILD, Inc.
Maite is the coordinator of a collaborative pilot project between CHILD, Inc., DCADV, Christiana Care, Westside Family Health and St Frances Hospital, addressing Domestic Violence as a public health issue that is impacting victims regardless of socioeconomic, racial/ethnic, and gender backgrounds.
With almost 30 years of experience performing a range of roles in domestic violence services, Maite is a passionate victim’s advocate with extensive knowledge of resources for crime victims and the Criminal Justice System, experienced supervisor, knowledgeable in program development and management, resourceful case manager with strong background in trauma informed care and extensive knowledge on the dynamics of domestic violence.
She graduated with a five-year bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
Maite has dedicated her professional life to be the voice for the underserved population serving as domestic violence shelter/case manager, bilingual hotline counselor, bilingual case manager and advocate. She is also a group facilitator for the Domestic Violence counseling intervention Program for Spanish- Speaking offenders and she is a Parenting Education instructor too. She received the Elaine Aviola Memorial Award of Outstanding Professional in 2018 and the DCADV Domestic Violence Specialist certification in 2006.