• 1998 Masters of Arts, Alaska Pacific University
• 1988 Alaska Teaching Certificate, Alaska Pacific University
• 1983 Special Education: Learning Disabilities, Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities, Teaching Certificate, Arizona State University
• 1977 Bachelor of Science, Criminology, Arizona State University
  

Consulting with teens and parents in the areas of high risk behaviors, victims of bullying, physical violence and anger, gang violence, minors consuming alcohol. Magestro & Associates offers techniques in de-escalating anger, reality visualization of consequences, techniques parents can use with out of control teens.

Clients included: Municipality of Anchorage, Anchorage Police Department, Anchorage Fire Department, Anchorage School District, SOHIO, VECO, ARECA, CARRS, OIJ, and other state agencies and private companies.

Central America:
Investigations: homicides, kidnappings, and the occult
-Facilitator: International Accreditation of Crime Labs of Costa Rica (also home of the Crime Lab of the United Nations for Central and South America) International accreditation to include training, demonstrations of equipment, certification of staff in areas of forensic science, criminal psychology, legal medicine. National Police Academy of Costa Rica: Topics: juvenile
violence, school shootings, warning signs and causes of violent behaviors, bullying, fight clubs, gang activity and graffiti. (1999- 2002)

Alaska and lower 48:
Investigations involving:
-Cults
-Crimes involving youth as victims and suspects
-Fraud, personal injury, fatalities of children
-Youth violence

Anchorage, Alaska (graduate level classes with focus in area of criminology)

• Prospectus of Justice I: focuses on increased school violence, school shootings, solutions to school violence, bullying verses teasing, warning signs of school tragedies.
• Prospectus of Justice II: focuses on juvenile offenders remanded into the adult system, court process, and juvenile corrections facilities.
  
  Prospectus of Justice III: focuses on ecstasy and raves, learning impairments of children exposed to crystal meth labs, roles of bullies & victims, educational and familial characteristics and patterns of juveniles remanded to adult system, analysis of criminal trials.
  
  Prospectus of Justice IV: focuses on characteristics of at risk/high risk youth and strategies to work with them; such as runaways, violent, angry teens, hopelessness
  
  Perspectives of the Justice System: This course focuses on the domain’s of a youth’s life as it pertains to education, family, peers, media, and community. Participants will gain an understanding of the systems affecting youth. Topics also include gangs, how to deal with angry youth.
  
  

• Alaska Student Safety Summit, 2007
• International Forensic Science Conference, 2004, 2005, 2006
• International Rights of the Child, 2002
• International Juvenile Fire Setters Conference, Investigating and
• Interviewing At Risk Youth, 2004
• International School Business Partnership Symposium, 2001
• Boy’s and Girl’s Clubs of Alaska, 2001
• Ministry of Justice, Costa Rica, law enforcement, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
• Ministry of Justice, Costa Rica, juvenile corrections, 2001, 2002
• Ministry of Security, Costa Rica, 2005
• Alaska Gateway School District, 2005, 2006
• Mears Middle School, 2006, 2007
• Goldenview Middle School, 2006, 2007
• Parent Community Meetings, 2005, 2006

Research Project: working with juveniles remanded into the adult system for violent crimes at Spring Creek Prison; Youthful Offender Program & Highland Mountain Correctional Center focusing on characteristics of youths academically, familial background, crime patterns, and social interactions.


Book: about school shootings, warning signs, & safety: in process

Project Hands across America: Kids Helping Kids (1998-2000)

• Fund raised $8,000. To build a school, a playground, and three sports fields for orphaned youth near Nicaragua.
• Coordinated Efforts to send children without uniforms to school in Central America with Mayor and Assembly of Santa Barbara, Costa Rica.
• Furnished baby nursery for baby of slain police officer.
• Provided and paid for an apartment for a homeless family.
• Provided funds to assist family with mounting medical bills.
  
  Drug and Alcohol Coordinator, 1992
  National Youth Sports Program/NCAA Anchorage, Alaska
  
  Public Speaker: Center Against Sexual Assault
  Writer: Arizona Republic Newspaper