by admin | Nov 28, 2016 | Beauty, Blog
My name is Jessika. I am a survivor of abuse, and I worked in adult entertainment for 12 years. The messages I received in life based on my experiences were that my value was in my sexuality, the size and shape of my body, and the things I owned. I fought year after...
by admin | Oct 24, 2016 | Blog, Survivor Stories
Today we would like to highlight the story of Jennifer Kempton, founder of www.survivorsink.org Last month I found myself awake at 2:30am. This happens to me several times a month. I suspect it is a symptom of PTSD. When I find myself awake and anxious I usually start...
by admin | Sep 26, 2016 | Blog, Survivor Stories, Uncategorized
I was born to a military father and a housewife at West Point Military Academy. We relocated to California when I was 3 years old. Living in drug and gang infested South Central, and because of my father’s battle with drug addiction, I was traumatized by my...
by admin | Jun 15, 2016 | Blog, Learn + Respond
When I would think of the homeless, I would not think of potential victims for sex trafficking. I thought of drug addiction, war veterans or of people that somehow lost track of their lives and forgot how to get back to the people that love them. Naively, I thought...
by admin | Oct 17, 2013 | Blog, Survivor Stories
My childhood was not a childhood. In my family, men had sex with little girls. It was our normal. It was our culture and it was generational. My parents grew up with it. Their parents grew up with it. Most of the victims in our family didn’t even remember it because...
