Hear Rosa’s Story
Meet Rosa When she saw the gun, she knew. Rosa had endured more than sixteen years of abuse. Her husband Alberto had beaten […]
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Hear Israel’s Story
Meet Israel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhmXbibDl9Y Israel is an immigrant and dancer. After he married, Israel’s husband because verbally and physically abusive towards him. Israel […]
Hear Kristen’s Story
Meet Kristen https://youtu.be/QkhONSxFUfc Kristen felt hopeless. She was in a controlling marriage that contained verbal abuse and, when she became pregnant, the […]
Hear Bojana’s Story
Meet Bojana https://youtu.be/Oyi-CpKX4VA Bojana is an artist, an immigrant from Serbia, an animal lover, and a mother. She found herself in a […]
Hear Candace’s Story
Meet Candace To escape threats from the gangs in her hometown of El Salvador, Candace escaped and came to the US. She […]
Hear Janet’s Story
Meet Janet Janet grew up in Mexico and came to the US, where she became friends with her future husband, Brad. While […]
Hear Lisa’s Story
Meet Lisa Lisa came from a town in Colombia that was plagued with guerrilla warfare, kidnappings, assassinations, and drugs throughout the 1990’s. […]
Hear Edith’s Story
Meet Edith When Edith arrived at Ascend Justice, she was in serious danger. Her husband Dan, had raped her and, to ensure […]