Diana Faugno

Diana Faugno is a Founding Board Director for End Violence Against Women International (EVAWI). She also is a founding board member of the Academy of Forensic Nursing. She works for Live Safe Respurces as a forensic nurse in Marietta, Georgia. In Apirl 2019, she was the recipient of the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Award given in Washington DC. She provides training across the country and internationally for sexual assault and domestic violence/non-fatal strangulation to assist communities who wish to bring forward teams of healthcare providers. She is also a co-author of numerous textbooks and papers on dealing with the forensic medical aspects of violence, such as the Color Atlas of Sexual Assault, published in 1997, which is the first book of its kind in the nation, and Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span and multiple workbooks on the topic. Her latest workbook (2022), Introduction to Forensic Nursing Principles and Practice, along with others such as Sexually Transmitted Infection and Disease Assessment and Domestic Violence and Nonfatal Strangulation Assessment are wonderful resources to nurses and physicians when treating sexual assault patients.