As the Director of Operations, Justine Manzano comes to the I Know Why She Stayed Initiative with over two decades of administrative organizational and operational experience cross multiple fields including legal, real estate, financial and technology startups and non-profit organizations. In addition, she has served for five years on the board of WriteHive, a non-profit for marginalized writers, where she takes point on organizing and facilitating an annual virtual conference and an annual virtual writing retreat. With fifteen years as a freelance developmental editor and independent author as well as her personal experience with abuse, she is also uniquely qualified to supply social media marketing guidance as well as trauma-informed editing and creative services to the team.