Ms. Panelo Xue is the Founder and Clinical Director of Era, a trauma center providing supportive services to survivors and communities impacted by sexual violence. Her mission is to build a specialized, clinical team committed in creating a more trauma-informed society through the provision of psychotherapy, outreach education, and comprehensive training and consultation. For over 10 years, she continues to carry a private practice focused on individual and group psychotherapy for assault and domestic violence survivors ranging from young adolescence to late adulthood. Ms. Panelo Xue has served as the Volunteer and Intervention Manager at the Rape Crisis Center, YWCA Silicon Valley overseeing the volunteer advocate program, facilitating the 40-hour state certified Rape Crisis training, and supervising the peer counseling staff. She has a Bachelor’s of Arts in Gender and Women’s Studies from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master’s of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Santa Clara University.