Miguel Quezada is committed to supporting people who have experienced harm and caused harm. His restorative justice and practices work is rooted in his experience as a youth growing up exposed to violence, and in response and consequence, causing harm. Through this experience and two decades of incarceration, he is dedicated to healing cycles of violence through reconciliation and dialogue. Miguel has extensive training in supporting people impacted by violence. He has earned certification in rape and crisis counseling through Bay Area Women Against Rape and served for five years as a certified suicide prevention counselor. He also earned his certification as a batterer intervention program facilitator, facilitated a victim impact and accountability program for over ten years, as both an incarcerated person and as a community member. He collaborated with survivors of crime to create a victim impact curriculum and program providing services at a womens and mens facility. Since his return to the community five years ago, Miguel has worked to develop policy and directed programs to improve the lives of people impacted by violence and incarceration.