I grew up in extreme poverty, with an abusive mother....no phone, car, refrigerator, tub/shower...molested....in a tenement house where snow came in thru a crack in the shed....did not know my father (divorce situation), joined the army, married an abuser, got a divorce after 31 years of abuse, then my church voted me out of membership, with my name up on a big screen, stating: "Conduct Unbecoming a child of God."

I used my life story of overcoming (and thriving) and won a scholarship at age 60 and am a Sophomore at 71! I wrote my memoir and a poetry book.....I believe we are here for a reason and I speak to groups about verbal abuse, which is rampant on our planet; my goal is to speak on national television.