About The Stronghold Project

I became a survivor long before I had the language for it.

At fourteen, I entered a relationship shaped by imbalance and control—one that would quietly define much of my early life. Over the next two decades, I navigated emotional harm, financial instability, and isolation while raising children, building a career as a nurse, and doing everything I could to keep life moving forward.

From the outside, I looked resilient. Inside, I was surviving.

I rebuilt myself again and again—transitioning from healthcare to disaster recovery, skilled trades, and eventually entrepreneurship. Each pivot was an act of survival. Each reinvention, a step toward autonomy I didn’t yet know I was seeking.

It wasn’t until my forties—years after the abuse had ended—that I finally named what I had lived through. Saying the truth out loud changed everything. And when a life-altering accident in 2023 led to the sudden loss of communication with my children, it became the moment that demanded purpose from pain.

I made a promise: if my story ended here, it would still mean something.

The Stronghold Project was born from that promise.

We exist so survivors don’t have to rebuild alone. We provide trauma-informed support, crisis resources, and emotionally safe pathways forward—but we don’t stop there. Because healing isn’t only emotional. It’s financial. It’s practical. It’s generational.

Through The Stronghold Project, survivors access therapy pathways, financial education, emergency support, and paid workforce training—including apprenticeships that lead to real earning power and long-term stability.

I rebuilt my life with grit, resourcefulness, and hope. Now, I’m building a place where survivors can do the same—with support, dignity, and a future that finally feels secure.