This is how Esta is a Changemaker:
One of the world’s foremost experts on violence against women and children, Esta Soler is a pioneer who founded the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) 26 years ago and made it one of the world’s leading violence prevention agencies. With offices in San Francisco, Boston and Washington, D.C. and partners around the world, the FVPF develops innovative strategies to prevent domestic, dating and sexual violence, stalking and child abuse.
Under Soler’s direction, the FVPF was a driving force behind the Violence Against Women Act – the nation’s first comprehensive federal response to the violence that plagues our families and communities. She has led the FVPF as it developed trailblazing public education campaigns, and innovative policies, advocacy, prevention, education and training programs that help lawmakers, health care providers, judges, employers and others stop violence and help victims.
Soler is a trustee for the Blue Shield of California Foundation. Her numerous awards include a Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Fellowship, and she has an honorary doctorate from Simmons College. She co-authored Ending Domestic Violence: Changing Public Perceptions/Halting the Epidemic.
