Understand Coercive Control.
Strengthen Institutional Responses.
Navigate Complex Systems with Confidence.
Helping organizations bridge the gap between research, policy, and practice through social research and policy analysis, speaking, training, and consulting while helping individuals better understand coercive control and navigate complex systems with greater clarity, strategy, and confidence.
“Engaging with Crystal’s work brought a level of clarity I had not experienced before. She brings clarity to something that is incredibly difficult to make sense of.”
-Survivor
Hi, I'm
Crystal L. Fedeli
I help organizations bridge the gap between research, policy, and practice so they can better understand coercive control and strengthen their institutional responses. As a Social Researcher & Policy Analyst, Speaker, and Consultant, I partner with organizations through social research and policy analysis, speaking, professional training, and organizational consulting to translate research into stronger policy and professional practice.
I also provide educational guidance and strategic support to individuals navigating coercive control and family court. Through educational guidance and strategic support, I help people better understand what they're experiencing, navigate the systems they're facing, and make informed decisions with greater clarity, strategy, and confidence.
I am also the Founder and Executive Director of You Made a Way, an award-winning 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to supporting women experiencing coercive control when it turns financial. Through community partnerships, education, advocacy, and innovative programs, we work to strengthen community responses while expanding practical support for women rebuilding their lives.
2026 Nonprofit of the Year
Award Recipient
In recognition of her work to improve community responses to financial coercive control, Crystal Fedeli received the 2026 Nonprofit of the Year Award from Mayor Aneka Miller of Bordentown, New Jersey.
As Founder and Executive Director of You Made a Way, an award-winning 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Crystal leads initiatives that bring together research, education, community partnerships, advocacy, and innovative programs to strengthen support for women leaving coercive control when it turns financial.
*Pictured are Crystal L. Fedeli and her children following the presentation of the 2026 Nonprofit of the Year Award by Mayor Aneka Miller at the 2026 Bordentown Mayoral Ball.
“I felt like I was losing my sense of reality, but after engaging with Crystal’s work, everything began to make sense. I began to see that I’m not alone, that there is an explanation for what I experienced, and that there is a way through, and Crystal helped me find it.”
-Survivor
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