trigg house inc - our people

Cathleen Trigg-Jones
Founder & Executive Director – Cathleen Trigg-Jones

By the age of two, Trigg House founder and Executive Director, Cathleen Trigg-Jones had already gotten a taste of the harsh realities of life in the “system”.  Born to a teen mother who turned to prostitution after being  shunned by her family for baring an inter-racial baby and a father who was incarcerated and likely never knew of her existence, Cathleen, born Sheila Scott, was put up for adoption shortly after birth. She would spend the first two years of her life neglected and confused as she was shifted from foster home to foster home, until finally being adopted by a young military couple in search of a little girl to complete their family. She was two at the time, and it would be the fifth and “forever” home she would be placed in.

Today, the EMMY Award winning producer and former TV News Anchor at MY 9 News in New York City, considers her self lucky. Cathleen escaped the system and was given a chance to reach her life’s fullest potential. But for approximately 500,000 children living in foster care in the United States, the sad reality is that that chance may never come, thus the creation of Trigg House -- the lifelong dream and passion of Cathleen Trigg-Jones. Through Trigg House, Cathleen’s goal is to be a role mode and to give support and encouragement to these individuals who may not be so lucky, by not only “showing” them, but “helping” them achieve their life’s fullest potential.
 

Nadine Heusner, L.C.S.W.
Program Coordinator

Nadine Heusner possesses a Masters Degree in Social Work from the New York University Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of Social Work. She has