Dawn Wilcox is a femicide researcher, activist, and educator. She founded Women Count USA: Femicide Accountability Project in 2016 and is creating the first comprehensive femicide database of all women and girls murdered by men and boys in the United States from 1950 to present. Dawn also works to challenge victim-blaming media narratives of domestic violence and femicide. She has a bachelor of science in nursing from Texas Woman’s University, has been a registered nurse for 27 years, and lives near Dallas, Texas.