Shenandoah Chefalo

Shenandoah Chefalo is the author of Garbage Bag Suitcase and founder of Chefalo Consulting. Drawing on her lived experience in foster care and her work with organizations that serve people, she connects personal story with practical questions about safety, belonging, leadership, and organizational responsibility.

Through speaking, training, guided learning, and implementation consulting, Shenandoah helps organizations move beyond trauma-informed awareness and into everyday practice. Her work spans healthcare, education, courts, public agencies, nonprofits, and human services.

Her memoir invites readers to consider what children carry, what systems miss, and the lasting difference relationships and everyday decisions can make.