December 6, 2024 – 9th Biannual Utah Crime, Justice, and Equity Student Conference

SCHEDULE
(Based on USA Mountain Time)
9:00am – 4:00pm

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*Q and A after each 15 min. student presentation

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Keynote Talk
The Rape Recovery Center and Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)
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Chair: Associate Dean, Cecile Delozier, Institute for Public Safety, Salt Lake Community College
Keynote: 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Q and A: 3:30pm to 3:45pm

Sonya Martinez-Ortiz, a proud Chicana, is the Executive Director of the Rape Recovery Center. Raised and living on Salt Lake City’s Westside, she acknowledges the spaces she occupies have always been indigenous lands. With a rich background spanning over two decades, Sonya has integrated trauma and justice-informed principles into her career.  Her expertise encompasses nonprofit leadership, trauma informed practice, advocacy, equity and inclusion strategies, and community development. 

As a therapist, Sonya practices from a somatic and feminist-multicultural approach integrating the wisdom of traditional medicine and honoring the impact of trauma on the body. She acknowledges clients as experts and honors their role as author of their own healing narrative. 

Sonya, formerly an Assistant Clinical Professor, holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Utah and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She holds certificates from Northwestern Kellogg School Center for Nonprofit Management and Georgetown’s Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership. 

An active community member, she passionately serves on various boards and commissions, including the Utah Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission. In recognition of her outstanding leadership, Sonya was honored with the Utah Nonprofit Association’s 2022 Outstanding Nonprofit Leader Award. Throughout her career, she has been dedicated to fostering sustainable and equitable programs while believing in the collective healing power of communities. 

Saane Siale is a Bay Area, California native. She is the oldest child with one younger brother and two younger sisters. They are proud children of Tongan immigrant parents. She graduated from BYU in 2022 with a Bachelor of Science in Family Studies: Human Development with a triple minor in Civic Engagement, Gerontology, and Nonprofit Management. She is one of 5 organizers for an immigrant community group called “UT with All Immigrants” where they host rallies and events that support immigrants of all statuses. She runs an after-school program for Pacific Islander youth in West Valley with PIK2AR (Pacific Island Knowledge 2 Action and Resources) nonprofit. She loves being able to give back to her Pacific Islander community in this way. 

She is currently pursuing her Masters in Social Work at the University of Utah. For her program, she is a therapist for older adults ages 63-84 where she gets to work with diagnoses related to dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other cognitively-impairing diseases. She currently works full time as the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Coordinator for the Rape Recovery Center. She is passionate about working with survivors of sexual violence because of her experience being a survivor herself. She loves fighting for the historically marginalized. Outside of work she loves spending quality time with friends and family playing card games, photography, singing, and traveling. 

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