THE HELPING PEOPLE

We are the people who make up the Teen Alert Program. The Teen Alert Program is committed to ending dating and domestic violence and other forms of abuse through leadership, prevention, legal services, individual and systemic advocacy and social change work. We believe that all youth should be given a voice and that everyone deserves to be respected and loved in their relationships.

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Stephanie Ragolia, BS
Teen Alert Program Manager

Stephanie is a Certified Addictions Counselor. Following academia she worked as a Criminal Justice Therapist at a Drug & Alcohol Intensive Outpatient Facility in Philadelphia for three years. In 2006, she implemented a prevention program, a federal polite program, Screening, Brief Intervention, Brief Treatment and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in two public health centers in Philadelphia. During this time she was screening patients and providing drug and alcohol education, harm reduction techniques, prevention and intervention. In 2007, she worked as a Grant Project Associate for SBIRT at Albert Einstein Medical Center in the Emergency Department in the Research Division in Philadelphia where she trained medical staff and social workers on how to implement SBIRT into various medical settings. She currently is the Teen Alert Program Manager. Stephanie coordinates and facilitates teen dating and healthy relationship workshops throughout the state. She provides conferences in the community to service providers that describes how to TAP tailors outreach to make services more accessible to teenagers. Stephanie’s ongoing work in the social service field has enabled her to work with extremely diverse populations. She uses creative techniques, tools and activities and is constantly changing curriculum to better engage youth. Stephanie loves to spend her free time surfing, hiking and traveling.

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Keli'i Beyer
Outreach Educator

Keli’i Beyer has been involved with the Teen Alert Program and the Domestic Violence Action Center since the spring of 2005, after completing his BFA from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Having studied art, political science, Hawaiian and French languages, Ethnic and Women’s studies, Keli’i has been able to use his educational background and social activism to work in variety of areas throughout Hawaii. With Teen Alert, Keli’i has presented to thousands of teens around the state, and has led many single gender workshops at locations such as the Palama Settlement, Hālau Kū Mana, and PACT. His ongoing weekly art nights at the Youth Outreach Center in Waikiki has enabled Keli’i to facilitate the street youth in finding creative means to express themselves and get help. Collaborating with other service providers, he has helped to coordinate the annual Men’s March Against Violence for four years. His work at the Domestic Violence Action Center has even allowed Keli’i to take students to the island of Kaho'olawe. When not educating Hawaii’s youth about teen dating violence, Keli’i spends his time teaching art for the Honolulu Art Academy and the Art To Go program. Involved in the Honolulu music scene, Keli’i plays saxophone in local ska band Black Square. He enjoys singing in the UHM chorus, and has hosted a weekly KTUH radio show since 2001. Keli’i likes being physically active, and will often spend his free time weight-training, surfing, skating, hiking or bike-riding. Lastly, Keli’i participates annually in the Makahiki ceremony on the island of Kaho`olawe, where he also helps in the restoration process.

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Antonia Alvarez
Teen Advocate Case Manager

Antonia R.G. Alvarez is an MSW. Antonia has worked with adjudicated teens in the Mission District in San Francisco, international youth and rural/urban Michiganders at a Summer Learning Institute, Native American/First Nation teens in a college training program, and teen artists, musicians and activists at a Teen Center. As a social work student Antonia studied Community Organizing with Communities and Social Systems, and Social Policy and Evaluation, with an internship working with a youth-serving organization in urban Detroit. During her MSW program also worked with Yup’ik Eskimo children and youth in rural Alaskan villages and with teens and young college students on Low Ropes courses doing experiential activities. Since moving to Hawai`i in February 2008, Antonia has worked as a consultant with the Molokai Youth Center, and as the facilitator of the Transition Age Youth Task Force on O`ahu, the Big Island, and Kauai. Antonia is currently the Director of Teen Suicide Prevention at Mental Health America of Hawai`i and the Teen Advocate and Outreach Specialist at the Domestic Violence Action Center. Antonia spends her free time paddling and making artistic creations.