Ellen Paige is a clinical social worker and adjunct professor in the psychology department in a local community college. She is a longtime member of the Board of Directors of FREE (Family Residences and Essential Enterprises). Her son Joe, who is 43 years old, lives in a FREE community group home with Gretchen, his wife. Her passion in life has been and remains advocacy for her son and daughter-in-law, as well as all others who are stigmatized and marginalized through no fault of their own.