Caroline Leyva

Caroline Leyva, MPA, is a Curriculum Development Specialist and Lead Trainer for both the High School and College Bringing in the Bystander® Prevention Programs at Soteria Solutions. She specializes in working to adapt prevention strategies to meet the needs of Soteria Solutions' diverse clients. She is currently working to do this with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). She also serves as a Practitioner Fellow for Prevention Innovations Research Center. Caroline received her BA in Women’s Studies at the University of New Hampshire and her MPA at the University of Hawai’i Manoa. While living in Hawai’i, Caroline founded and was the Executive Director of a not-for-profit for queer youth and young adults, synthesizing prevention, leadership and social justice using a youth-led model. She also served as the State of Hawai`i federal fellow, 2006-2009, for SAMHSAs Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Caroline has been working for 15 years to develop and evaluate evidence-based sexual and relationship violence and stalking prevention strategies. She is the co-author of the Bringing in the Bystander® high school, college and workplace curricula. She is a lead trainer and teaches practitioners to both facilitate BITB and to train others to teach in their organization. Caroline is the lead evaluator for New Hampshire’s Rape Prevention and Education Program (RPE) and for an evaluation of Dartmouth College’s four-year Sexual Violence Prevention Program.