Face Your ACE With Grace: Becoming Trauma Informed at Skills City, USA.



FACE YOUR ACE WITH GRACE: Becoming Trauma Informed at Skills City, USA. 


Students and families at Skills City, USA spent meaningful time at the Women’s Center of Fort Worth to discuss how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are shaping brain development, emotional health, and long-term wellbeing.




Adverse Childhood Experiences are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood, such as abuse, neglect, violence in the home, parental incarceration, substance abuse, and poverty. Research shows that the more ACEs a child experiences, the higher the risk of long-term physical and mental health problems, including depression, substance abuse, chronic disease, and difficulties in school and work. However, early intervention, safe relationships, and supportive environments can build resilience and help break cycles of generational trauma.




Katherine Collier Esser, Assistant Director of Research & Training Services, shared the importance of becoming trauma-informed—learning to recognize the signs of trauma, respond with compassion, and create supportive systems for healing. She emphasized that understanding ACEs is not about labels but about empowerment: helping individuals realize that their past does not define their future.


The main takeaway for students was powerful and personal: you are important enough to get help, to heal, and to rise above the effects of generational trauma.




Skills City, USA is a bold workforce and community development initiative based in Fort Worth’s 76104 zip code. Designed in partnership with New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church and Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County, Skills City provides pathways for individuals to learn in-demand trades such as film production and specialty coffee entrepreneurship while also addressing critical issues like literacy, mental health, and financial literacy. Its mission is to equip residents with the skills, support, and resilience they need to secure employment, sustain careers, and succeed in life.



Through its Face Your ACE with Grace initiative, Skills City is committed to integrating trauma-informed care into its programming. The vision is to ensure that as students and families gain technical and career skills, they also receive the emotional and mental health support needed to thrive in the workplace and in life.


For more information, please contact:

Pastor Kyev Tatum

817-966-7625

kptatum1@gmail.com

www.newmountrose.com



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