292 Kelly Wallace: Surviving Child Sexual Abuse and testifying against my perpetrator at eight

After watching a child sexual abuse awareness video in her second grade classroom, Kelly Wallace told her mom that she was being molested on weekend visits at her grandparents house. In the middle of a contentious divorce, Kelly’s mom believed her but her father, an up and coming attorney sided with his dad.Kelly Wallace testified against her grandpa at eight years old. With a less than 2.8% conviction rate of sexual assault cases, her grandpa was found not guilty. She is a recovering alcoholic with twenty-one years of sobriety. Kelly Wallace developed a writing style that both roots in the moment and peels back the layers of human nature at the Pinewood Table writers group led by award-winning authors Stevan Allred and Joanna Rose. Kelly’s writing honors include publications in The Manifest-Station, On Loan From the Cosmos, VoiceCatcher and Perceptions magazines, fellowships at the Summer Fishtrap Gathering and the Attic Institute, and residencies at Hypatia-in-the-Woods. A graduate of Wells College in Aurora, New York, she is a frequent podcast guest speaking about her experience as a child sexual abuse survivor.                        3 top tips for my audience: 1. Never, ever give up! 2. Rejection is protection 3. Don’t quit five minutes before the miracle Social media and contact info Kellywallace.org Twitter: kellythewriter1 Insta: kellythewriterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.