RISE UP Against Domestic Violence
Seattle, Washington | 2025

I was born into a cycle of trauma that tried to silence me before I ever found my voice.
Through abandonment, abuse, assault, poverty, and unimaginable darkness, I somehow carried endless love in my heart.

It was not easy.
It took everything — and more — to survive.

For years, I fought battles no one saw.
I lived through cycles of violence, silence, betrayal, and heartbreak — each one carving deep lessons into my soul.
But still... my heart kept beating.
Still, the light inside me refused to die.

After decades of being silenced, I now rise with a voice louder, clearer, and stronger than ever before.

In December 2024, after 18 years away, I returned home to Seattle.
I came home not just to heal myself —
but to step fully into the purpose that was planted in me long ago:

To ignite a movement.
To end domestic violence.
To build a world where every voice is heard, every story matters, and no one walks alone.

This march —
RISE UP Against Domestic Violence —
is more than a march.

It is a reclamation.
A rising.
A promise to the generations before and after us that we will break the cycle,
and we will build a future rooted in love, justice, and truth.

I am no longer silent.
I am no longer hiding.
I am no longer surviving —
I am thriving.

I walk for every soul who thought they couldn't.
I speak for every voice still trapped in silence.
I rise so that you may rise too.

And together, we will RISE.