Sheila Shankar
Sheila Shankar (she/her) is committed to transforming the conditions that give rise to violence and working towards healing justice for survivors. For the past 10 years, Sheila has been involved in addressing gender-based violence and intergenerational trauma using an intersectional feminist lens, especially in queer and immigrant communities. She previously worked as an advocate at an immigrant-led domestic violence organization and implemented Inspire’s Enhanced Model of supervised visitation with families. Sheila is a student of somatics and the transformative justice movement, and facilitates workshops on creative, embodied approaches to healing and accountability. Sheila received an MSW and is currently a PhD student in social work at the University of Chicago.
Inspire’s TA maximizes the value of the collective experience in diverse groups, ensuring that there is peer-to-peer learning and connection, something which is very beneficial when programs are so geographically separate.