A MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDER….

Most people don’t believe me when I tell them that the woman they see today started out in a much different place. The successful paralegal, founder, content creator, educator, speaker, and advocate that I am today is a direct result of my past and experiences. Surviving Beauty began in my bedroom of the home that was my prison. It took me 12 years to escape my violent marriage, and those years included addiction, mental illness, parental isolation and alienation, parental kidnapping, sexual assault, human trafficking and self-harm. I stayed for so long knowing that each time I tried to escape, there would be nowhere to go, and no one to help. I would lose my children, and I had no way of getting them back.

I finally found help in a community outside of my own. So I grabbed a small backpack and my son, and that was the beginning of my real story. During my stay I met the souls that I would call family for the rest of my time on this Earth. The people that would stand beside me, behind me, and even in front of me, if it meant that I would remain free and safe. Now they stand beside me in a completely different way. Cheering me on, watching me grow, and even nominating me for my very first Purple Ribbon Award. It was in shelter that I heard a statement that changed my life, and my future. “Jessica, we are all beautifully broken, the beauty is that you get to put yourself back together however you want.” and that was it… Surviving Beauty. The ideas, the services, the support - it all finally had a name.

Today Surviving Beauty is everything I always dreamt it could be. Chances are if you are on this site, if you are reading this, you feel as hopeless as I once did. You are in the right place. We are here to walk beside you, fight with you, fight for you, and we will be there until you are ready to take those steps on your own. I welcome you to take a look at the services that we provide to the Domestic Violence community.

Please consider donating as we are a 501(c)3 non=profit organization and the services that we provide are always 100% free to the souls that need them. ———- Jessica