Bonus Babies - Melanie Velasquez: Okay Let's Take This Bastard to Jail

Melanie Velasquez: Okay Let's Take This Bastard to Jail

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02/08/22 • 43 min

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Jayne Amelia talks with Melanie Velasquez.

Melanie is a former foster youth from the San Fernando Valley who was abused by her own family at a very young age, and then as a young adult had the courage to put her father in prison. She’s a brave young lady with a terrible but ultimately triumphant story to tell. She's 24 years old now and living happily on her own. She says: “I love helping out others. My goal is to work with youth and help them become the person they want to become. Another goal of mine is to go back to school and finish my degree in Child Development and also become an ASL interpreter so I can work in a field I love.”
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Jayne Amelia speaks with foster mom and adoptive mom Deena Murray.

Deena serves as a consultant to Million Kids for Development, Events and assisting with Operations. She is the Director and Producer of VIP Events for RCDL Enterprises and is a Certified Meeting Professional. Deena has provided foster parent services for four Southern California counties and has been a foster parent to over 25 youth. She, and her husband, ended up adopting twelve of the children they fostered.

Deena has conducted research and provided outreach to support families and victims who have been exploited through sex trafficking, sextortion, social media exploitation and child pornography. She is well versed in the grooming and exploitation process involved in luring in children and teens. Deena’s primary area of research is staying current with the latest apps, video games and hook up sites used by teens and how they communicate with others.
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Leslie Nolan: It's Healing When You Connect

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Jayne Amelia speaks with the powerhouse Leslie Nolan who was trafficked at a young age after fleeing an abusive family; she eventually put her father in jail for his sexual abuse to prevent him from abusing others.
"Leslie Nolan is the Design and Wellness Labs Associate Lab Leader at Karana Rising. She assists the Design and Wellness team in the execution of workshops, programs, and launches. She is a survivor of childhood, verbal, and emotional abuse, as well as sexual assault and a familial cult. She spent years of her early adulthood wandering aimlessly looking for a place of peace, and healing, and through God and his community she eventually found that. She spent years healing and growing a relationship with God, fellowship in the church, in therapy, with self-reflection and hard work. In recent years, she has pursued a Public Speaking career, and she has co-founded the Global Survivor Collaborative and partnered with various organizations to provide and participate in Human Trafficking awareness trainings and discussions.

Leslie has managed various salons in Maryland, and is currently a partner at Crochet Braids and Weaves by Blessed and a H&R Manager/ Lead Stylist in the past of Essential Beauty Spa---the first natural hair salon to pioneer the natural hair movement servicing various local celebrities including OWN TV Star, Motivational Speaker & Author Iyanla Vanzant. She credits Jesus her Lord & Savior for her success, believing that through him he guides her and helps her grow in the best possible way."

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