Elaine Compagno is a trainer and adviser in intimate partner violence and risk. She co-founded the SOAR service within the St Jeanne Antide Foundation, an innovative service offering peer support to survivors of domestic violence. Elaine is an accredited trainer in DASH Risk Checklist Training and also designs and delivers training on Domestic Violence from survivors’ perspectives. She is a survivor of domestic violence, an activist and a feminist with a background in Youth and Community Studies and Gender and Development.

In her free time, she enjoys a range of creative pursuits and spending time with her family.

(Photo Credit: Dragana Rankovic)