Written Profile

Georgia Corbett

In 1997, Georgia Corbett asked herself “What’s next?” and we’re glad her answer was to become a Yolo County CASA volunteer. Georgia first arrived in Davis to attend college, and except for the year she went away to receive her Master’s degree in education of exceptional children, she has remained in Davis ever since.

Janet Fulton

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Janet Fulton’s experience with CASA stretches from the east to west coast. A long-time Yolo County resident, Janet resided in Davis from 1997-2005 until marriage brought her East. It was in North Carolina that she and her husband first heard of CASA.

Vicki Murphy

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Vicki Murphy’s association with CASA dates back over 20 years when she was living in Walnut Creek. After a friend who was a juvenile court judge said she would be great at it, she decided to go through the training and become a CASA. She worked as a CASA volunteer in Walnut Creek for several years until she moved back home to Yolo County.

Nancy Pacheco

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Nancy Pacheco is a mother, a wife, a CASA, a Guardian Scholar Mentor, a volunteer for the Foster and Kinship Care Program at Woodland Community College, and works as an Advocate Supervisor at Yolo County CASA. “There is a lot of need out there when it comes to foster children and my husband and I do whatever we can to support them, both when they are young and after they’ve aged out of the system.”

Ben Cadranel

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Ben Cadranel learned about CASA when he was a law student at McGeorge School of Law and had the opportunity to observe firsthand the vulnerability of children in the foster system. Right away, he knew he wanted to give back.

Maggie Sanger

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Many life lessons surface while flying a kite. Just ask one of our CASA volunteers, Maggie Sanger. “The day I met my second CASA child she was so young. I’ll never forget when I took her to fly a kite for the first time. She lost her grip and it flew away. We ran chasing it across the field until it got stuck in a structure. She was frightened and inconsolable. When I shrugged it off she said, ‘You don’t understand! It’s my fault. I let go on purpose!’ When asked why she said through her tears, ‘I wanted to see what would happen.’