Carrie Estrada, LCSW (she/her) is the Executive Director at Northwest Center Against Sexual Assault (NWCASA) serving North and Northwest Cook County and McHenry County. Carrie received her MSW from Loyola University of Chicago in 2001. She found her passion early in her career and for over twenty years has dedicated her life to working with survivors of trauma. As a leader of NWCASA, Carrie acknowledges her responsibility to a team who is doing direct service trauma work every day. She is a fierce advocate for justice but recognizes that the best community services are provided when the team is healthy and functioning. She lives by this philosophy creating a safe working environment for staff that allows for the vulnerability of shared ideas & innovative growth.

Carrie knows the mission of NWCASA is more than simply providing support to those already impacted. She understands the need for an engaged community response to combat sexual violence. She believes in the mobilization of legislators willing to address this epidemic of violence and community members understanding & speaking out against rape culture. She intentional works to keep the intersectionality of how gender, color, sexual orientation, ableism, and level of privilege play a role in violence, recovery, and treatment. She is fully committed to helping build the community we deserve.