
Aurora’s Story
Aurora was a stay-at-home mom taking care of her four children and struggling to find stable housing. Before becoming a stay-at-home mom, she worked to support her family but quit her job

Aurora was a stay-at-home mom taking care of her four children and struggling to find stable housing. Before becoming a stay-at-home mom, she worked to support her family but quit her job

By Jaquelin Ortiz Martinez, Interim Prevention & Community Education Coordinator One can experience an abusive or toxic relationship without even realizing it, especially if they’re wearing metaphorical rose-colored glasses. In these situations,

By: Maricela Rios-Faust, CEO of Human Options As caring individuals, we often think it would be easy to spot an abusive partner from a mile away and identify a victim with ease.

Taylor recently immigrated from Japan to the US in search of a better life with more opportunities. In pursuit of her dreams, Taylor wasted no time. She dedicated herself to achieving independence,

By: Arezoo Shahbazi Roa, Prevention & Community Education Director When we think about relationship violence and what it looks like, our experience and learnings associate it with physical as the main and


By: Hope Talieh, Legal Advocacy Program Manager At Human Options we know all too well the depth of trauma survivors of relationship violence experience. We see it in their faces each time

By Maricela Rios-Faust, Chief Executive Officer of Human Options Words are powerful. They can cause a listener to feel strong emotions because of a person’s past experiences, beliefs, or ideals. Domestic Violence

Quinn, mother of three, was a supervision aide at an elementary school and worked evenings at a laundry mat. She enjoyed working at the school and found her work impactful in children’s

27 year old Charlie was an independent, strong willed person before meeting her partner. She was a California native who loved growing up in Southern California. She was secure in and loved
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