Ms. Carner graduated from the University of Calif. Riverside with a degree in Psychology. While a special education teacher, she became a foster parent to a 4 yr. old boy with, though unknown at the time, a severe Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

The intense needs of this child, Ricki Nelson, motivated her to leave teaching, a profession that she loved, and become more available to support the schools that served her foster son. To this end she opened an early childhood education center in her home. As her foster son matured it became impossible to meet both his and the children entrusted to her care's needs and out of necessity the center closed. At that time she began a storefront retail business in Old Town Temecula Calif.

As her foster son became an adult and found himself without an available day program a serious conflict again developed between Ms. Carner's desire to care for him and the necessity for employment. Opportunities were opened when Ms. Carner successfully sued for and eventually received In Home Support Services for Mr. Nelson in early 2003.

Eva and her son, now an adult, have devoted themselves to the issues and needs of individuals with FASD. She is the Project Coordinator for the NineZero Project (NineZero.org), designed F.A.S.T.R.A.C. a peer-taught curriculum for youth, is developing a pilot FASD curriculum for the prison system and coordinates other FASD prevention programs by the Arc of Riverside.

She also sits on the California FASD Task Force in Sacramento, helped found CalFAS, the state affiliate for NOFAS, served as its first President, and educates and advocates on behalf of FASD throughout the state.