Crossposted from the King County Sheriff’s Office Employee Newsletter

Shoreline Community Service Officer (CSO) Dahlia Corona was invited to speak at the Echo Lake Elementary’s annual Great Kindness Challenge on January 21, where this year’s theme was “Kindness Is Our Superpower!”

The event highlighted everyday superheroes in the Shoreline community and invited local professionals to share how kindness plays a role in their work.

Guest speakers included the Shoreline School District superintendent, Shoreline Deputy Mayor Eben Pobee, a neonatal nurse practitioner, and CSO Corona, who spoke with students about her role with the Shoreline Police Department and serving the community with kindness. She talked about how simple acts can create significant, positive changes in the community we serve. She shared an incident where kindness helped her deescalate a woman who was in crisis.

Echo Lake Elementary fifth-grade teacher Karen Nicholson shared her appreciation for CSO Corona’s presentation, noting, “We were happy the students were able to meet a kind face from the police,” and added that the students loved meeting her.