From growing up in Mayagüez and navigating the 1970s in Brooklyn to being 16, married and pregnant, surviving an armed bank robbery, moving across the country to San Diego, and breaking generational parenting cycles, my mom shares her remarkable life story.

From navigating the local Indianapolis Latin dance scene to standing tall in a courtroom, Sierra’s account is a sobering look at resilience, survivor advocacy, and the hard truths about community dynamics in the middle of sexual assault.

In Part 3 of this investigative series on Behind the Filter, survivor Isabella Poche, her mother Kim, and fellow survivor Haven Murdock expose the realities inside Central Indiana Teen Challenge; now known as Refuge Girls Academy located in Lebanon, Indiana. These women, along with 33 more are part of the expanded federal lawsuit filed by Indianapolis-based law firm Cohen Malad, LLP.