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Teresa Huizar

Teresa Huizar is CEO of National Children's Alliance (nationalchildrensalliance.org), America's largest network of care centers for child abuse victims.  

A latin female psychologist holding a boy doll in front of a little boy with his mother in her office. (Credit: aldomurillo / Getty Images)

We need to reframe how we think about juvenile sex offenders

Teresa Huizar
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We’re misunderstanding how child abuse happens — and that has deadly consequences for kids

Teresa Huizar