{"431041":{"#nid":"431041","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Welcomes Katy Berteau to the Center for Community Health and Wellbeing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETell us about your background. Are you originally from Atlanta?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003EI was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where most of my family still resides. My immediate family moved to Fernandina Beach, FL when I was 9, and my parents still live there! It\u2019s a beautiful place to vacation and visit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhere did you attend University?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003EI attained my bachelor\u2019s in Psychology at the University of Florida, and then went on to get my master\u2019s degree from San Francisco State University in sexuality studies. I absolutely loved my time at both institutions!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECan you tell us a little bit about your previous experience in this field?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003EMy previous experience includes volunteering at a crisis center while I was in my senior year at UF, which consisted of answering the crisis\/suicide hotline at the center. After I obtained my master\u2019s degree, I started volunteering at a rape crisis center in Jacksonville, FL as a sexual assault victim advocate while I was looking for a job in my field. Shortly after I started volunteering, I got a job at a local domestic violence shelter as a shelter\/victim advocate, and I worked both of those positions until I came to Georgia Tech!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat influenced you to be a Victim Survivor Advocate?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003EI would have to say my influence would be just a general caring about these issues and the people it affects. From a young age, I noticed injustices surrounding gender and social norms about violence that bothered me, and as I moved along in my academic career and the interests I surrounded myself with, I began to see them more as a serious issue. The sole fact that these issues (sexual assault and intimate partner violence) happen on such a grand scale, coupled with the fact that it hardly even gets addressed in a real way, made me passionate about the cause. My time in San Francisco really solidified the nature of these issues, and the way they affect people in every aspect of their lives. I just want to do something about it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDo you have any specific goals for this position?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003EToo many to list! My basic goal is to help as many people as I can, whatever that looks like. If someone was dealing with these issues earlier in life, I want to help them come to terms and heal. If this is something on-going (intimate-partner violence) \u0026nbsp;or something that happened very recently (sexual assault), I want to help them with resources and anything they would need to get them the justice they deserve, as well as starting the healing process. Basically, whatever the victim-survivor needs, I want to help them get it- that\u2019s my main goal in this position. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are some of your favorite hobbies?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003EFood! Oh and yoga. I like to be outdoors, go to concerts\/festivals, anything with music and good company!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDo you have a particular artist\/album you\u2019ve been loving lately?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003EKendrick Lamar is my favorite rapper, and his most recent album is definitely still on the forefront of my playlist.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\u2019s your absolute favorite place in Atlanta?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003EAnywhere with amazing food. I\u2019m a total foodie, so I\u2019m still exploring all the great restaurants the city has!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat do you think about Georgia Tech so far?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003EI love Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;so far! I\u2019ve only been here a week and a half, but I get a great sense of community among staff, which is so important in addressing these issues we\u2019re facing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAny suggestions for students for finding a healthy lifestyle?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003EBalance, balance, balance! Trust me, I\u0027ve learned this working \u0026nbsp;in my field, that you cannot be a great advocate for someone if you personally are not in a good mindset\/emotional place. The same goes for being a student- you can\u0027t put your best work forward if you can\u0027t even give yourself a break once in a while. Going through graduate school and experiencing panic attacks over workload and pressure, you just need to take a step back! Because all that did for me was make it harder to do good work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003EWelcome, Katy, you are truly a great addition to Georgia Tech and the Center for Community Health and Wellbeing!\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022xxmsonormal\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech now hastwo Victim Survivor Advocates. Katy Berteau started her employment only a week after Jennifer Gagen.\u0026nbsp; We sat down with Katy and asked her to tell us about herself.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech now has two Victim Survivor Advocates."}],"uid":"28033","created_gmt":"2015-08-04 15:40:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:19","author":"John Kennington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"431021":{"id":"431021","type":"image","title":"Katy Berteau","body":null,"created":"1449256133","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:08:53","changed":"1475895169","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:49"}},"media_ids":["431021"],"groups":[{"id":"428961","name":"Health and Well-Being"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"119541","name":"Center for Community Health and Wellbeing"},{"id":"136961","name":"Victim Survivor Advocate"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["melissa.moore@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}