Catherine Shugrue dos Santos Deputy Director, Client Services, New York City Anti-Violence Project, is a social worker, an advocate and an educator, with 25 years in the fields of anti-violence and anti-poverty work, promoting social justice for the most vulnerable in our communities, especially lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer , immigrant, HIV survivors, and children and youth. Cat identifies as a queer working mom who lives in NY with her husband and daughter.