All humans have four basic desires: to be seen, to be heard, to be held, to be celebrated. In these pages, we see, we hear, and we...

narrative by RR alumna, age 22; photo of RR residents, 2017 I was put into foster care at the age of 5 because I had abusive parents and...

poetry and paintings by RR alumna, age 21 I could gather every picture we ever captured together or with one another. I could collect all...

narrative by RR alumna, age 21; image of RR alumna during filming of RR documentary, 2023 Trauma entered my life, beating in at an age...

narrative by RR alumna, age 20; photo of RR resident at equine therapy It all starts when I'm a kid at home with my parents. When I was a...

narrative by RR alumna, age 20; photo of RR survivor at successful discharge 'graduation' ceremony Dear Aveda Admissions Team, I am...

narrative by RR alumna, age 20; photo of RR resident at Denver Botanic Gardens, 2019 *trigger warning - suicide Self harm is a very...

narrative by RR alumna, age 20; infographic from survivors group at RR I was in ninth grade when I started getting bullied so I stopped...

poem by RR resident, age 16; photo of RR residents at pro bono photo shoot at Red Rocks *trigger warning - suicide I am a person of...

*photo of RR resident on hike; paper by RR founding director Gillian Wood As both chemical dependency and prostitution are behavioral...

*photo of RR resident at Denver Womxn's March, 2019 In a study of sex trafficking victims (2014), 71% of women reported at least one...

*photo of RR residents at Denver Pride, 2019; narrative by founder Gillian Wood, 2022 Sexual exploitation is inherently a system of...

*artwork by RR resident, age 17yo; paper by RR founding director Gillian Wood Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has emerged as a gold...

narrative by Founding Director, Gillian Wood, 2018 I have seen what the devil’s playground of humanity does to little girls. I have seen...

narrative by RR alumna, age 19yo; photo of MSW residential staff on hike with RR resident, 2018 Being an ex foster youth of seven years,...

~ poem by RR resident, age 17; photo from Pink concert with RR residents, Denver, 2019 Like a sinking weight on my chest, I feel so...