Program Staff

Dara Raboy-Picciano, LCSW-R

Senior Counselor

Coordinator/Co-founder of 20:1 Interpersonal Violence and Bystander Intervention Prevention program

Dara Raboy-Picciano's areas of expertise include sexual trauma, sexual violence prevention, bystander intervention and bereavement. In addition, she is a field instructor and adjunct professor for the Department of Social Work at .

Ms. Raboy-Picciano has done extensive training in the area of sexual assault prevention with both staff and students; having designed and implemented the 20:1 Programs. In addition, Ms. Raboy-Picciano presented nationally for the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) in conjunction with the US Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, as well as NASPA and ACPA. She has presented webinars for both CALCASA and the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Team (DoDSAPR), while maintaining an ongoing collaboration with DoD SAPR.

Ms. Raboy-Picciano was also invited to sit on a professional focus panels on Interpersonal Partner Violence by the New York State Assembly and the NYS Senate. Ms. Raboy-Picciano Picciano and the 20:1 program have been highlighted in both the Chronicle of Higher Education and Academic-Impressions.

Nicole Garritano

  • Year: Senior
  • School: College of Community and Public Affairs
  • Major:  Bachelor of Social Work
  • Position: BSW intern

"My involvement with the 20:1 interpersonal violence prevention program consists of running the 20:1 TikTok account, creating new ideas for presentations and projects, and also being a part of presenting to groups on campus on bystander intervention. I will be graduating in May 2022! Going on to obtain my Master’s in Social Work and someday the dream goal is to open up/run a domestic violence shelter that has faculty and staff specialized in all areas of diversity, such as the disability community.”

Sophia Gelard

  • Year: Graduate student
  • School: College of Community and Public Affairs
  • Major: Master of Public Health
  • Position: Graduate Assistant

“Responsibilities with 20:1 include teaching class with the other graduate assistants once a week, helping to deliver 20:1 prevention programming and scheduling undergraduate students for presentations. In charge of responding to emails on the 20:1 email account. Some of my future career plans are to get a job in public health that makes a positive impact on the community (whether its research or public health program development and become a certified instructor so I can teach group fitness classes!”

Lauren Prendergast

  • Year: Senior
  • School: College of Community and Public Affairs
  • Major: Bachelor of Social Work
  • Position(s): BWS intern and social media manager

“I want to teach other students about interpersonal violence because not only is it a huge problem on this campus but also in today’s society.”

Kaelan Swogier

  • Year: Graduate student
  • School: College of Community and Public Affairs
  • Major: Master of Social Work
  • Position: MSW intern

“I focus mostly on the Journal assigments and working on a parent handbook for Bing parents. I graduate in May 2023 and I want to be an LCSW."

Pauline Quidone

  • Year: Senior
  • School: College of Community and Public Affairs
  • Major: Human Development
  • Position: Undergraduate intern

“I will be graduating this spring in the Class of 2022. In the fall, I hope to start working in the education field by working in a classroom and starting graduate classes to obtain a master’s degree in education”