“This is a very hard position to be in. First, we don't really have support centers to help us process and get support for being victims of intimate partner violence in our community. Some of us who have tried to share, we have been alienated and stigmatized but this is a real problem that we can’t choose to keep ignoring. We need platforms like this to speak up” MAYA*
Names have been changed because of the stigma and shame around the topic.