Cynthia Cubbage has 20 years of experience dedicated to serving children and families through non-profit work and county government agencies. She has provided mental health services to children and families. She has held leadership and management positions that involve child advocacy efforts, analyzing public local policies, and developing innovative programming for youth/children. Her passion and interest focus on working with multi-racial/cultural adoptive families, birth parents, children and & teens, LGBTQ youth, and aging-out youth in the foster care system. She has provided trainings nationally and internationally on adoption issues and has worked as a team developing adoption competent publications and therapeutic materials. Cynthia and her wife are parents by adoption of two beautiful children.