We talk about trauma mostly in terms of damage. What it does. What it breaks. What it leaves behind. What we talk about far less is what trauma interrupts . Not just safety. Not just childhood. But intelligence. Emotional fluency. The person someone might have been if their nervous system had ever learned it was safe. Shawn is a fictional character. But the question he raises is very real: Who might someone have been if trauma hadn’t redirected every ounce of their intelligence toward...

TOUCH ( Unveiled Publishing) Wins Silver and Community Voice Award in Human & Civil Rights for The 5th Annual Anthem Awards This past month has been surreal in the best way. TOUCH received both a Silver Award and the Community Voice Award in the Human & Civil Rights category at the 5th Annual Anthem Awards . It’s an honor I didn’t anticipate, especially for a book that tackles a subject most people struggle to even acknowledge. Almost all of the feedback I receive about TOUCH comes privately....

If you picture trafficking, who do you see? A girl. Probably. Maybe a girl with a missing-person poster or a tragic headline. That’s the...