In every person's journey there are defining moments, and these moments can bring us to a new path. Our perceptions can change in that instant. For author Katherine Moore, serving as a child welfare worker for almost eighteen years allowed her to take a look at herself and to learn how to value another's humanity without judgment.

In Connecting the Dots: Positive Intentions, Negative Impacts, she shares her personal life story, her early years fraught with pain and anger, and how she was led to a career working with child protective services. Moore tells how she discovered the...