Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 825

Tonight's special guest is Sequoya Willis from Chester, Virginia. Sequoya was neglected, abused, starved, and malnourished. Amazingly she survived the turmoil of her past. With parents who cared more about their next hit of crack cocaine than the wellbeing of their children, it is amazing Sequoya is still in her right mind. She cried out for help; while everyone including friends and family turned their back. Her own mother threw her for a loop when she placed her daughters’ lives on the line for the love of a man who hung her out of a three story window. Going to school was her only way of having peace, until her classmates made her life a living hell. School officials and The Child Welfare Administration ignored the signs of abuse and believed the lies that were fed to them. Surrounded by rape, lies, drugs, and alcohol, Sequoya cried out to someone she never knew. She was told never to talk to strangers, but a stranger saved her life. Today, Ms Willis is an author of two books about her experiences, "The Fight of My Life: Memoirs of a Child Abuse Victim" and "The Fight Continues: Sagas of a Foster Child" as well as a Motivational Speaker, Life Coach, Internet Talk Show Host, and Inspirationalist. Her goal is to assist as many people and families as she can in reaching their fullest potential and purpose. Being a child abuse survivor and foster child, she relates to her clients', readers', and audience's feelings of losing themselves, worthlessness, self-doubt, and fear about their future.