Resilient Pathways developed out of the collaboration between Christine Pennington and Suzanna LoMagno. Both previous educators, these two friends saw opportunities to revolutionize and change how trauma and adversity are addressed within schools and rural communities. With a goal to uplift children and empower families, they have developed strategies that transform families and communities! 

 

Christine and Suzanna present engaging and valuable professional developments and have established a family resource center in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Their family resource center provides youth and families with additional support programs designed to build stronger, more resilient family units and help youth reset negative behaviors. Resilient Pathways is based on the principle of empowering young minds to be resilient and overcome life's adversity. Every child can achieve with encouragement, support, and consistent cheerleaders!

 

Additionally, LoMagno and Pennington penned Reinventing the Wheel! Creating Cohesive Learning Communities, a literary work which outlines effective strategies for schools to develop stronger trauma-sensitive approaches and build connections among staff & students.

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Together, LoMagno and Pennington created Resiliency Pathways and designed The Pupil PremiseTM The Pupil PremiseTM centers around developing a healthy human by identifying the key influencers in a child’s life and leveraging the support needed to encourage and build resilience. Together they have authored two books and have worked closely with families and school districts to find constructive ways to improve children's behavior and strengthen the family as a whole. 

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Suzanna and Christine are currently partnering with community organizations to find cohesive ways to prevent recidivism in court-involved youth and provide support to strengthen families. This program is focused on building resiliency to overcome trauma and redeem the positive traits in a child, so they may achieve their vision for the future.