The Children They Leave Behind

Lupe's guest is Santina Proctor. Santina is an advocate, motivational speaker, child survivor of domestic violence, and founder of It’s Not Your Fault 91, Inc. For the first seven years of her life, Santina witnessed her mother endure every form of domestic violence. Santina’s mother lost her life when she was 30 years old, after taking pills given to her by her abuser. Witnessing domestic violence impacted Santina’s life tremendously, and she was diagnosed with PTSD earlier this year. Santina created It’s Not Your Fault 91, Inc., in 2014, in honor of her mother, Sandra Hocker. It’s Not Your Fault 91is an organization from a child’s perspective. The purpose of the organization is to get rid of the mentality that what happens at home stays at home and to let women/men know there is help and they are not alone. Santina also creates documentaries that give different perspectives of domestic violence to show that DV can and does happen to anyone.