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Professional 
Overview

Crystal L. Fedeli is a social researcher and policy analyst, speaker, trainer, consultant, and award-winning nonprofit Founder and Executive Director. Her work focuses on financial coercive control, institutional response, and how that response directly impacts a survivor's ability to leave and rebuild.

 

Crystal works at the intersection of research, policy, practice, and lived experience.

She works directly with women through one-on-one family court navigation and with institutions through speaking, training, and consulting to help them better understand coercive control and strengthen how they respond.

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Her background includes state government and legal-adjacent experience, nonprofit leadership, and advanced research training, which together inform her work and bring a unique perspective to the complex ways domestic abuse, family court, and institutional systems intersect.

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LEAVING IS THE FIRST STEP

Together we make a way forward.

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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Crystal L. Fedeli, M.A., M.A.

Social Researcher & Policy Analyst
Speaker | Trainer | Consultant
Founder & Executive Director, You Made a Way

FINANCIAL COERCIVE CONTROL ·
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE ·
THE ABILITY TO LEAVE & REBUILD

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Full Professional Background

For complete education and credentials, research and scholarship, professional experience, speaking engagements, and recognition:

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Explore Crystal's 
Full Professional Background

For complete education and credentials, research and scholarship, professional experience, speaking engagements, and recognition:

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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Crystal L. Fedeli, M.A., M.A.

Social Researcher & Policy Analyst
Speaker | Trainer | Consultant
Founder & Executive Director, You Made a Way
FINANCIAL COERCIVE CONTROL ·
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE ·
THE ABILITY TO LEAVE & REBUILD

AWARD RECIPIENT

2026
Nonprofit of the Year

MAYORAL AWARD RECIPIENT

AS FEATURED IN

NJ Spotlight
News

STATEWIDE NEWS COVERAGE

SPOKE AT

3rd Annual 
Congressional Reception

WASHINGTON, D.C.

COMMUNITY REACH

25,000+
Followers

ACROSS SOCIAL PLATFORMS

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