We are the Eastland County Crisis Center

​Our trained and qualified staff are excited to serve the community through the Crime Victim Assistance Center and Children's Advocacy Center.

​From direct services and forensic interviewing to community outreach and education, our team works with law enforcement, Child Protective Services and local businesses/organizations to better serve victims of abuse. 

Genesa camacho

executive director

Gena serves as the Executive Director for the Eastland County Crisis Center.
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She earned her bachelor's degree in Business Administration-Marketing and a graduate certificate in Non-Profit Management from Tarleton State University. She is a State and Nationally Certified Victim Advocate and Child Forensic Interviewer who has been in the field for 11 years. 

As a mother to one son, Santino Camacho, her hobbies are anything allowing her to be creative, and her role models are people who inspire her with their passion for their lives and humble about their abilities. Gena's goals are to grow and develop the agency, team and herself.

Favorite quote: "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."

trinity dempsey, LMFT- Associate

program director

​Trinity serves as the Program Director for the Children's Advocacy Center.

She earned her bachelor's degree in English with a double minor in Spanish and Human Services from Tarleton State University in 2008. She then taught at the junior high and high school level for 13 years for Cisco ISD. She earned her master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Abilene Christian University in 2020. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapy Associate, EDMR Trained, and TF-CBT Therapist in training. 

Trinity is a loving wife and mom, and has two adorable pups. Her role models include those people who possess the following character traits: those who love unconditionally, those who spread joy wherever they go, those who emanate peace, those who lavish kindness and generosity, those who remain faithful, those who understand tenderness, and those who practice self-control.

​As a professional in the field for 3 years, her career goals are to have a fully-staffed Children's Advocacy Center that meets client and community expectations and to write and publish a children's book. Her hobbies include crochet and all things creative. 

Favorite quote: “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” -Aesop

Susan Locke

Finance Manager

​Susan serves as the Finance/Grant Manager for the Eastland County Crisis Center.
 
She earned her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration-Accounting from Tarleton State University and worked in the public accounting industry for 13 years.

Susan has one daughter, Lillie. She enjoys watching football, cooking, listening to music and spending time with her family.

Susan’s role model is her father who raised her to have a strong work ethic, be independent, fair, patient and stand for your beliefs
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Favorite quote: “The time is always right to do what is right” -Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Christina jackson, LMSW

counselor

Christina, serves as a Counselor for the Eastland County Crisis Center.

She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Social Work from Tarleton in 2011. She then earned a master's degree in Child and Family Social Work from the University of Texas in Arlington in 2019. Christina has 20 years under her belt in the field, with a variety of experience working with orphans in Romania, refugee relocation programs, education, youth group homes, children's emergency shelters, foster/kinship care, adoption, long-term nursing and rehab, and intensive in-home social work and crisis therapy.

Christina is a wife to her husband Eric and mom to 3 children, 1 dog and 3 inherited peacocks. Her hobbies include advocating and supporting foster families. She hopes to connect with and establish rapport in Eastland County to best serve where needed.

​Favorite quotes: "Grow through what you go through." and "Be who you needed."

lorynne benavides, M.a.

community outreach specialist

Lorynne serves as the Community Outreach Specialist for the Eastland County Crisis Center.

She earned her bachelor's degree in Communication Studies with a minor in Technical Writing from Tarleton State University in 2019. After working in non-profit for the Department of Education for 2 years as the Program Advisor for Ranger College Upward Bound, she earned her master's degree in Organizational Communications and Social Media from Tarleton State University in 2021.

Lorynne is a single mother who loves streaming/gaming, cooking for her friends and family, and listening to music. Her role models are those who work toward a better tomorrow through healthy relationships and advocating for the disadvantaged.

Her career goals involve sharpening her social media management skills and diving into marketing. 

Favorite quote: "Do good anyway." -Mother Teresa

Callie boyd

victim services specialist i

Callie serves as the Victim Service Specialist I for the Children's Advocacy Center.

She earned her bachelor's degree in Social Work from Tarleton State University in 2018, where she gained 4 years in field. She enjoys reading, watching football and spending time with friends and family.

Callie's goals include completing 120 forensic interviews, moving her to the next step in advanced interviewing. She also aims to bring awareness to the community on child abuse and its negative impacts on the brain. A middle child of three girls, Callie's role models are her parents, who she says are the definition of kind souls.

​Favorite quote: "Compassion isn't about solutions. It's about giving all the love that you've got." -Cheryl Strayed

tina byrd

victim services specialist ii

Tina serves as the Victim Services Specialist II for the Children's Advocacy Center. 

Tina, 2020 MDT Member of the Year, is a 3-year veteran for the agency, who also serves as the MDT Coordinator. She has 6 years of experience in non-profit management and is a trained Victim Advocate and Child Forensic Interviewer. A mother of 3, her role model is her husband, Jason Knight. 

Tina says she works with a group of people she looks up to and leans on through life's hurdles and the heaviness of their line of work. In addition to those things, she is a believer of Jesus Christ and strives to love others like He does. 

Her hobbies include going on adventures, listening to music and making memories with her loved ones. 

Her career goals are to complete 120 forensic interviews, moving her to the next step in advanced interviewing, including human trafficking. She also aims to bring more awareness to the community about human trafficking. 

Favorite quote: “To succeed in life, you need 3 things: A wish bone, a backbone, and a funny bone." –Reba McIntire

olivia jackson

family advocate

Olivia serves as the Family Advocate for the Crime Victim Assistance Center. 

She earned her bachelor's degree in Family and Consumer Sciences with an emphasis in Child and Family Studies from Tarleton State University. As a 7-year veteran in the field and at the Eastland County Crisis Center, she also serves as the agency's Child Protective Services Liaison. 

She is a daughter who loves spending time with her family, especially her niece and nephew. Her hobbies include photography, creativity, reading and music. 

Her career goals include expanding her role as CPS Liaison, creating a better relationship with CPS. She is also completing her National Advocate Credentialing Program(NACP).

Olivia's role model is her dad, who she says had a kind and caring heart. She takes the memory of her dad with her in everything she does and everywhere she goes. 

Favorite quote: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou 

​maria hernandez

bilingual advocate

Maria serves as the Bilingual Advocate for the Crime Victim Assistance Center. 

From an immigrant family, she is born in Mexico and raised in Eastland. She has been married to her soulmate, Mario, for 17 years and loves being a mom to their three teens: Jhermie, Shanti and Terrick. Her hobbies include thrift shopping, AKA "therapy", hair and makeup, flipping furniture and singing karaoke. 

She is a 7-year veteran for the Eastland County Crisis Center, who volunteered prior for 2 years. Her career goals are to grow the agency's Comadres program, which she founded in 2015.

Her role model is her mother, who she says is the hardest-working, strongest and most caring person she knows. 

Favorite quote: “Lo que no me mata me alimenta.” -Frida Kahlo 

jessica huckaby

prevention educator

Jessica Huckaby is the Prevention Educator for the Eastland County Crisis Center.

She attended Howard Payne University, where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in in Criminal Justice with an emphasis in Restoration.

Before her journey with the ECCC, Jessica worked full time as a Case Manager for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD). She is trained in Trust Based Relational Intervention and Nurture group, Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Mindfulness, Sexual Health and Adolescent Risk Prevention, and Carey Guides. She has 550 hours in her 3 years of experience in group facilitation with TJJD, and approximately 7,280 hours of individual skills training with youth.

Jessica’s hobbies include hiking, painting, drawing, writing, and cookouts with her friends and family.

Her mentors consist of her past professor, whom she still goes to when she needs advice, and her pastor’s wife. All have taught her how kindness heals. Her goals in life are to obtain a master’s degree, be a mentor to today’s youth, and learn more about ways to combat human trafficking.

​Favorite quote: “Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.” -Alice Morse Earle ​

claudia alegria

client services coordinator

Claudia serves as the Client Services Coordinator for the Eastland County Crisis Center. 

Her role model is April Ludgate, and her hobbies include reading and running.