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Dr valenzuela...
Enough! This is not love.
by Womens Foundation California |
After witnessing her husband murder her oldest son, Nancy Valenzuela found the courage to leave.
In 1993, she fled Mexico with her two boys and started a new life—a free life—in Riverside County.
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Once there, she dedicated herself to educating women and families about abuse. She channeled her unspeakable experience into unbelievable strength and joined Con Lideres Campesinas, a grassroots organization that supports women farmworkers who are experiencing domestic violence.
This year she’s part of our Women’s Policy Institute-Riverside policy advocacy program and is learning how to use policy to affect system-level change.
What drives you and your work?
I have been in many abusive relationships and have experienced sexual, verbal and physical abuse.
All of these experiences made me very strong.
I used to think that I couldn’t do anything about it, but then I learned that I have rights: the right