Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to childhood rape and other experiences of […]
Experiencing Homelessness

Life is a journey of ups and downs – we can choose to look back and just see the peaks, but it is the troughs that gave us our strengths and superpowers!
The headlines of my story: > I lived with domestic abuse growing up > I was raped aged 14 > […]

`Cleveland To Tampa
It all started when I was born, not that I’d remember when I was born. I barely remember yesterday. I […]

The Silent Torture
From a home that acted differently behind closed doors, from a, mom who hated me from birth, to man who […]

Finding my birth mother
Being adopted didn’t give me a better life, but it changed the route of my life journey and I’d like […]

Strength & Surviving DV: The Makings of Dr. KayLa N. Allen
There are few words that can be used to describe KayLa Allen: unstoppable and unparalleled in her compassion, resilience, and […]

I do belong and I will be successful
I’m not really sure where to start, but I’ve had the need to open up and share what I’ve been […]