Michael Todd
Manager of Rehabilitative and Reentry Programming
Brief info
Michael Todd is a survivor. He has survived many Adverse Childhood Experiences. He has survived a Traumatic Brain Injury suffered in an automobile accident that killed the other people he was with. Most importantly, he has survived a Life sentence in the California Department of Corrections, before they decided that they were going to offer any type of rehabilitative programming.
Michael was tried as an adult for a crime he committed when he was 15 years of age. He served over 27 years on this sentence before he was granted parole. While in prison, Michael participated in many self-help and rehabilitative programs, including the Trauma Circle that was used in the “Step Inside the Circle” film.
Since being released, Michael has continued to try to make a difference in the way that people view people in prison, and those who are released from prison. He facilitates classes teaching people about the types of trauma that lead to crime and come from crime, and how to heal from that. He also trains Service Dogs for Military Veterans with PTSD and teaches Veterans who to train dogs themselves.