Liesl Fressola has been an educator for 20 years. She is a survivor of the Sandy Hook School Shooting, where she was teaching 4th grade at the time. As an advocate for mental health in schools she has presented to educators on the topic of trauma informed teaching practices. She also co-faciliated a nation-wide workshop titled: Crisis Assessment and Intervention When Gun Violence and Trauma Strikes. Liesl spoke publicly about her experience as a school shooting survivor at the St. Louis March for Our Lives Rally in 2018 and 2022.