I have used each rock that has been thrown at me to build a path to where I am today. I am a survivor and co-survivor of child sexual abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, and workplace sexual harassment.

I had lived with all that trauma without addressing it or speaking about it publicly for 37 years; until it happened to someone I love. Seeking accountability, justice, and healing for them forever changed the trajectory of my life. I will no longer be silent.

Seeking justice was like stumbling along in a foreign country where each person I asked for help didn’t explain anything in a language I could understand.

I spent eight years seeking criminal and civil justice for my loved one. All of the challenges I faced along the way were the catalyst for me leaving behind my 20-year career and becoming an advocate.

I started on the path to advocacy by becoming a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for foster kids. I volunteered for numerous organizations that taught child sexual abuse prevention. After seeing what was missing from all those programs, I founded my own non-profit Educate to Eliminate and created the most comprehensive child sexual abuse prevention program.

At the same time, I began my training to become an advocate through the Department of Justice. I became a certified sexual assault and domestic violence counselor and volunteered to sit with victims of sexual assault during their forensic evidence (rape kit) exam.

I had one goal in mind at the time. I wanted to work as a survivor advocate in a civil litigation firm because this is what I needed most throughout my entire civil litigation process and they did not exist. They still do not exist. I am on a mission to change that.

I now work for a civil law firm that specializes in representing survivors of sexual assault and employees who have been sexually harassed or discriminated against at work.