By: Nikki As of right now, I’m stuck in a dark place where all I feel is depression. I’m back in jail. I left this place to get back into this monster called crystal. She tore me back down, brought me into...

By: Kamiyah Even when I am around a lot of people, I feel alone. No one understands my pain. Even if I were to explain, they would not know. People judge by what they see and hear. I have never...

By: Ashley To start off, not everyone has a perfect life. There are difficulties and problems in everyone’s life. My story starts when I was six. The police would wake me up very early in the morning, asking if I...

By: Jenny I feel angry because my mom left us for drugs and prostitution. I feel angry because my dad never cared. I feel angry because my mom passed away. I feel angry because my brother and I got...

By:  Angelina I feel lucky at this point in my life. If I had kept going with my addiction,

Our featured Hero is Nola Brantley, who is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her biological father and others in positions of social power. She had the fortitude to see beyond her pain and shares...