Though I haven’t gotten a chance to get to know Maria very well we both look forward to getting to know each other better in the next year to come. What I can say thus far is that I have a HUGE amount of respect for her in all that she’s done and continues to do for survivors of sexual violence. I know that I can learn a lot from her.
Maria DiGiovanni started on a healing journey in January 2000, from Law Enforcement/Officer Involved Domestic Violence, eventually teaching others how to heal their self-esteem. And, even though she was working through her own DV issues, the door to her Child Sexual Abuse, she chose to remain closed.
In April 2005, that door opened as the man Ms. DiGiovanni had been dating did not take her NO for an answer, yet with the rape came a freedom to be able to speak up for all who have been silenced by abuse; especially the child within.
Now, a National Speaker for RAINN – Rape Abuse Incest National Network, CEO/President of ‘FoRe! Beyond the Green’: A Force To Promote Action Changing The Face Of Abuse, and as a single mother, Ms. DiGiovanni is passionate about people healing. “I am not a therapist nor want to be, but just a simple woman, daring everyday to walk in my healing as an example FoRe! ‘1’ who has been silenced by abuse.”
