Current 2026 Projects

Inspired by a project I am working on with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) analyzing violent homicides in US due to DV-IPV. Through evaluating 130,000 violent deaths with tens of thousands due to domestic violence, I was compelled to write this book.

If you know someone in crisis, please suggest this book. One day each of these ndividuals in the database - woke up and did not know that today would be their last day on earth.. that someone they know would end their life. If I can do something to save one life, I will. These numbers are alarming and to read through each and every coroners report, police report, and medical record is disheartening.

I pray this book will inspire women in crisis to decide, make a plan, and execute before things turn deadly.

P-20 School-Based Collaboration - Parsons x Speranza Research Project

Nah. Not Another Hour.

Translating Science into Community Impact: A Soft Landing for Vulnerable Children

As a public health scientist, my ultimate goal is to translate data-driven research into actionable community interventions. Currently, I am collaborating with Philadelphia city and Pennsylvania state officials to pioneer a novel, evidence-based initiative: the city’s first nursery group home dedicated strictly to children under five years old.

When we analyze emergency response protocols through a systems-engineering lens, we often uncover devastating operational failures. Right now, there is a critical gap in immediate care when infants and toddlers are removed from their homes due to severe domestic violence or child abuse. While officials process the necessary background and home checks for kinship or foster placements, these highly vulnerable children are routinely left waiting for hours in the back of police cars, busy precincts, District Attorney offices, or Department of Human Services waiting rooms.

Subjecting a child to these chaotic environments immediately after an extraction compounds their trauma and represents an unacceptable systemic failure. To intercept this crisis, our new facility will provide a specialized, trauma-informed temporary shelter. By creating a "soft landing" space, we are replacing a broken process with a compassionate, grounding environment, shielding these children from further harm until they can safely transition to their next home.

Transforming these systemic failures into safe, trauma-informed solutions requires both scientific rigor and community partnership. If you are interested in learning more about this nursery group home initiative, exploring our broader research, or donating to help us provide a soft landing for these vulnerable children, please visit speranzaproject.org.

Principal Investigator/CDC

In the summer of 2025, I was awarded the role of Principal Investigator (PI) on a major grant-funded research initiative backed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As a scientist specializing in the epidemiology of domestic violence, I am leading a rigorous, in-depth analysis of the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). Our work focuses on a massive, comprehensive dataset of all violent homicides from 2017 to 2023, meticulously synthesizing medical examiner files, coroner reports, vital records, and granular police narratives.

By treating these lethal events as potential complex process failures rather than isolated incidents, my goal is to extract actionable public health data from these tragedies. This level of scientific analysis is crucial for identifying intervention gaps, understanding perpetrator escalation patterns, and ultimately developing evidence-based protocols that protect both survivors and the emergency responders on the front lines.