We were a sixth-generation Catholic family. My mother, deeply devoted to her faith, crafted nearly every liturgical adornment at Notre Dame Catholic Church -from altar cloths to vestments - pouring her love and artistry into beautifying God's house.

My father, highly devoted to his Catholic faith, has been a pillar of service in the Church community. It was in these same sacred spaces where, from age 6 to 18, I endured systematic and organized abuse. Raped and assaulted 100s of times and later trafficked to Los Angeles and Montreal to be photographed and forced into pornography & prostitution.

The abuse was unfathomably dark and ritualistic - brutal acts veiled in religious ceremony that left deep wounds in both body and soul. The trauma was so severe that my brain blocked these memories through repressed memory syndrome until they surfaced in July
2022. This is when I made a profound choice – to abandon my celebrated career as a technology executive and focus every resource on healing.

During my journey of radical healing, I discovered something extraordinary - that true spirituality requires no intermediaries. The same divine universe that protected me as a child was now downloading wisdom directly into my consciousness, guiding me toward healing practices and spiritual truths that no religious institution could control or corrupt.

This divine guidance led me back to jewelry making - an art I first learned at Camp Saint Malo, one of the locations of my abuse. But what was once associated with trauma has been transformed into a divine conduit for healing. Through my connection with spirit, I was guided to creations and practices that could help other survivors reclaim their power.

This is my truth, my purpose, and my offering to the world. Through Energy of Tribe, I stand as living proof that even the deepest wounds can become wellsprings of healing, that spiritual conditioning can be broken, and that direct divine connection is our birthright.

We are the Tribe of Survivors, and together, we rise.

Alchemy for the Human Spirit.
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