Antonio says that a friend suggested he try Cope, but he ignored the idea.  Sergio, his 8-year-old son, is what got Antonio through Cope’s door.  One of his sisters paid him a visit. She said, “You can do what you want, but think about your son.”  And that’s when he realized, “I need somebody to help me get through this. I’m going to do whatever it takes.”

“It’s very, very important for the work that I do, to understand the impact of the system. Trauma is this iceberg underneath things, that we don’t know much about. The impact we can have, something that can be done, is in how we handle the process.”