Advocacy

A heartfelt Mother’s Day letter honoring a mother who survived domestic violence, rebuilt her life, and taught her daughter strength, resilience, and unconditional love.

I didn’t always have the words for what I was feeling, only a body that stayed on high alert. Mental health, for me, began as survival.

As a child, I dreamed of escape through TV. As an adult, I see the truth: abuse can exist anywhere, even behind the spotlight.

I was only 5… and I learned what silence felt like before I ever learned how to speak.

A reflection on kindness, humanity, and the painful question: are we still living the values we were taught as children?

Children at Dilley Detention Center are suffering. As a survivor, I can’t stay silent. If we won’t protect them, who will?

A child. Abused. Pregnant. And forced to give birth. If that’s called protection, we need to ask—who are we really protecting?