Lacrosse Center Moving Forward

SEASON 3 EPISODE 18

03.23.23

Guests: Ray

Type of Survivorship: Child Sexual abuse

Other Themes: Life-Changing Perspective

At thirteen, Ray meets a new boy in her class, bumbling into her first awkward tween relationship. Her inexperience quickly becomes a vulnerability, and her new beau takes advantage of her naïveté to manipulate her into sexual activity. Blindsided by these new experiences, Ray’s encounters with her young abuser become the subject of scrutiny as her school questions her story. Today, she shares her turbulent journey into adolescence, testifying to the resilience and strength of survivors as she fights the narrative of the lying victim and finds healing.