It took years to call myself a “survivor.”  In fact - it took 5 years. Five years, and a lot of processing later, I took my experience of sexual assault and created my project, @whatiwishpeopleknew.

It was born out of anger. Really, it was born out of rage. I couldn’t believe that anyone could excuse the pain that I experienced. I wanted to scream at them. I wanted to tell them what he did to me, and what he did to the girls after me. I wanted them to know.