For most of my life, I have sought tools and systems to better myself and help others live more fulfilling and meaningful lives. I found exactly that when I discovered Executive Success Programs, also referred to as NXIVM. In 2017, due to my involvement in NXIVM, and a women’s sorority called DOS, I was at the center one of the most controversial media stories that later became an internationally publicized federal trial. Some of my closest friends and loved ones were wrongfully accused and later convicted of crimes they didn’t commit. As a result these experiences, I have educated and dedicated myself to evolving the issues that result in mass incarceration, wrongful convictions, and the inhumane treatment of everyone (including families) who becomes part of this country’s system of injustice. In my former life, I was an actor and strive to use my voice to speak out for those who have been silenced, whether by a hateful media campaign or an oppressive prison sentence. I believe in due process, free speech and, most of all, the power of compassion, forgiveness and reconciliation.