Behind the Badge
Chaplain Shelly Pinomaki survived trauma to help others in crisis
0Shelly Pinomaki is nothing if not a survivor. Recently named 2023’s San Diego Sheriff’s Department Outstanding Volunteer, Pinomaki has suffered an alcoholic mother’s abuse, endured her younger sister’s kidnapping and murder, and lived through an abusive first marriage. Happy today in a successful second marriage with three grown sons, she taps into her past experiences to serve crime victims, disaster survivors, and first responders as a sheriff’s chaplain and a crisis response specialist. Despite the pain, she grateful for everything that’s happened to her. “It was pivotal in my life – so that caring for others and supporting my community…
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