Wendy Wade, PhD, LPCC and CADC, has facilitated educational support groups with children of parents with substance use disorder beginning in the 1980s, and later at Betty Ford Center. She also worked with the parent(s) with addiction or a non-using partner or grandparent. From 2017 to 2020 she volunteered at Camp Mariposa for COAs bi-monthly. She was an elementary school teacher and principal before her position as inpatient drug and alcohol counselor and family program coordinator. She has trained professionals and presented at addiction and counseling conferences for many years, in both in-person and online formats. She currently provides and co-develops trainings with NACoA. She is Assistant Professor at Palo Alto University, teaching Addiction Counseling which includes a week on young COAs who do not receive treatment and the effects of parental addiction on adult behavior and relationships She has worked in community mental health agencies with children and families.