Voices From the Field is a new podcast from the Community Technical Assistance Center, part of New York University’s McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research. Our goal is to provide a platform for practitioners, by practitioners, to share stories and experiences of wellness, care, and treatment. 

Our second episode is an interview with Mary Fralick, FPA, from The Family Resource Network in Oneonta, NY. In this episode, Mary shares her lived experience in working with families and shares her experience as a bridge between clinicians and families. 

Mary is a mother, grandmother and fierce advocate supporting families in Otsego County through her work with the Family Resource Network, Inc. and The Family Stabilization Program with Rehabilitation Support Services.  Mary grew up in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. However, she has called Upstate New York home for 30 years with her husband Tom, her children and grandchildren. Mary attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s BFA Acting Program and also holds a degree in Human Services from SUNY Herkimer.