Ember Maselli Urbach is the Director of the Centralized Training Institute at the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network. Ember received her Master’s in Social Work, focusing on social policy and administration, from Florida State University. Ember also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities and a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology. Ember has held various roles in nonprofits at the university level, micro-level in victim services, and now as a director for a network organization. She hopes to continue to learn, educate, and collaborate with her community with the goal of creating a socially justice and inclusive world. Her interest areas include social justice, feminism, queer issues, and domestic violence.