Tag: Torres-Sanchez

Amanda Torres-Sanchez

The impact of adverse childhood experiences and interventions for long-term well-being.

Everyone deserves to live a life that brings them safety, comfort, flourishment, and love. Unfortunately, some people face unimaginable events early on in their lives that affect the trajectory of it. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are significant events that may affect how children perceive life and act toward others. Some may experience a triumphant story of overcoming the odds that were stacked against them, and some may lead a life of dysfunction. Many children who have faced ACEs have entered the foster care system because of abuse and neglect from their primary caregivers. Actions by professionals and community members must be taken to support children in care who are struggling as a result of maltreatment to promote long-term well-being. In Lane County, some organizations are already doing great work to care for these children who have experienced hurt, but there is still much work that needs to be done. Psychological interventions like trauma-informed care and mentorship programs are crucial to promoting long-term well-being among youth in foster care. 

IDS 499, Senior Capstone

James Berry

P114

1:30 – 2 PM

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Amanda Torres-Sanchez, Gabriel Fatooh, Melody Garcia, Jacob Lilley, and Kyle Aure

NEO Project

This team is creating an organization that investigates near earth objects (NEOs) and formulates an organizational plan to neutralize the threat that NEOs pose to earth. NEOs are comets and asteroids which have orbits that come in proximity to earth. Our five team members are developing separate departments within the organization. In our hierarchical organizational structure, Amanda serves as the Chief Executive Officer, Jacob as the Chief Technology Officer in charge of logistics and strategy, Kyle as the Chief Financial Officer in charge of finances and technology, Gabe as the Chief People Officer in charge of communications and ethics, and Melody as the Chief Sustainability Officer in charge of crisis management. Our research leads us to use the kinetic impactor technique to neutralize NEO threats. To determine this as the appropriate technique, we consider factors such as deflection effectiveness, probability of success, risk of failure, logistical factors, time to execute, and total strategy costs. This team not only formulates a strategy to combat NEO’s, but more importantly develops an organization that sustains the strategy.

BUS 415 – Group and Organizational Behavior

Pete Diffenderfer

11:00am – 12:00pm L203 (Poster Contest)