“I was living with my brother, strung out on crack cocaine. I was so tired of fighting over the drug. I was so tired of working and feening just to get high. It was horrible.”

Lucha Cabrera’s life began in brokenness. By the age of five, she had no memory of a stable home, no knowledge of a mother…only a father who abandoned her repeatedly. Left in the care of a strange woman and her grandchildren, Lucha endured unspeakable abuse, molestation, and humiliation. She was being treated like a dog—eating on the floor while others sat at the table. Lucha’s childhood innocence was destroyed. She was molested nearly every day for five years.

By age twelve, Lucha was sexually active, addicted to cocaine, and full of rage. Life had taught her survival, not love. As she describes, “I was feeling ha

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