Join us for an informative and empowering session that helps parents understand the online behaviors and trends impacting today’s teens and young adults. This presentation will provide a clear, accessible overview of emerging digital risks—particularly those connected to unhealthy online communities or harmful peer influences—so you can better support and protect the young people in your life.

You’ll learn:

• What types of online behaviors and beliefs are gaining traction among youth
• How to recognize early warning signs that a young person may be struggling or engaging in unsafe digital spaces
• Practical, effective steps families can take to encourage healthy online habits and prevent harmful situations
• Strategies for responding calmly and confidently if concerns arise

Our goal is to equip parents with knowledge, reassurance and realistic tools, helping you foster open communication, strengthen resilience and create a safer environment for your children both online and offline.

Presenters

John P. Pulcastro
Supervisory Intelligence Analyst, FBI Pittsburgh

SIA Pulcastro has over 37 years of experience working Counterterrorism matters for the FBI, with a special emphasis on racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists (REMVE), sadistic online exploitation (SOE) and other domestic extremist ideologies.

As a result of his experience in crisis management and post-attack investigations, SIA Pulcastro has been called upon on numerous occasions to assist with post-attack critical incidents to include: the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC; the 2011 attempted bombing of the Martin Luther King Jr, parade in Spokane, Washington; the horrific attack conducted by Robert Bowers targeting the Tree of Life Synagogue here in Pittsburgh in 2018; the 2024 Attempted Assassination of President Trump in Butler, PA; and most recently, the Assassination of Charlie Kirk in Utah.

SIA Pulcastro currently manages FBI Pittsburgh’s Counterterrorism matter Intelligence Program and supervises a cadre of analysts who work both international and domestic terrorism matters.

Madisyn Moore
Intelligence Analyst, FBI Pittsburgh

Madisyn Moore has been a Staff Operations Specialist in the Pittsburgh Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for over 11 years. During that time, she has provided analytical support to national security and criminal investigations and during critical incidents.

Jessica Lieber Smolar
Former Assistant United State Attorney

Jessica Lieber Smolar served as an Assistant United States Attorney in both the Criminal and Civil Divisions of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania for 30 years. At the time of her retirement in March 2025, she was the Chief of the Criminal Division’s Economic Crime, National Security and Cyber Crime Section and served as the Office’s Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council (ATAC) Coordinator. Ms. Smolar handled and supervised large-scale fraud, counterterrorism, cybercrime, child exploitation and human trafficking prosecutions.