Today we’d like to introduce you to Shalena M Knight.
Hi Shalena, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
It started when I was 8 year old started touching me when my mom worked nights. Took me in the woods to rape me. I was in elementary school my teacher started to take notice of me how I was pale in the face my being to take me to the dr and I was six months pregnant the dr asked me do I want to keep the baby as me been a child I didn’t know what to do and I said I would keep the baby even though I was young I being to have the baby at age ten. I want the only he messed with he rapped my sister to then she being to have a baby to she a boy. They removed us from the home to be put In Forster care me and my sister was in the same home with my daughter and her son then my other sister was in different foster care but all of us was in Ayden. Then found out was pregnant with my son then had him. The person that raped was trying to say the kids want his we had to blood test to prove he was the father to all 3 kids. I was able to give my kids up for adoption to my frost parents adopted my two kids and told me start my life over. I left my frost care when tire 18 years old my rapest die in prison
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
I had hard times replaying stuff in my head what happened to me I blame myself sometimes
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
Well I am a housekeeper at city of Greenville
Any advice for finding a mentor or networking in general?
Talking to others
