… I was seeing in clinics,” recalled Burke Harris. “I think when you understand what is happening, knowledge gives us the power to intervene. I was like, ‘This is something I can take and sound the alarm on it and use it to find solutions that are going to work.’”
In 2011, Burke Harris left to become founder and CEO of the Center for Youth Wellness in the Bayview, a clinic that also researches the effects of stressful situations on children’s health. Her work has earned her statewide and national recognition, which includes an appointment as an expert adviser on Hillary Rodham Clinton’s project to improve young children’s lives, the “Too Small to Fail” initiative.