Empowering others with her inspiring life story, Christina Meredith survived sexual, mental and emotional abuse, trauma, aging out of foster care, poverty and homelessness to forge a life committed to helping others. Through strong faith, hard work, and creativity she went on to become Ms California, found her own nonprofit foundation, and pursue the path to becoming a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army.
As told in her book, CinderGirl: My Journey Out of the Ashes to a Life of Hope, during appearances on the Today Show and before speaking audiences nationwide, Christina’s story celebrates the transformative power of education, and the potential within all of us triumph over adversity. “My entire story is about hope, faith, hard work, achieving the God given dream and purpose that you have been given in this life, and not allowing things to deter you, because circumstances change,” she says. “With hard work and a little faith, you can make them change.”
Episode Timeline:
00:00 Start
00:09 Intro
04:56 Christina Intro
08:25 Cinder Girl
12:10 Mother’s Abuse
17:30 Own Your Junk
19:55 Levels of Abuse
24:40 Full Blown Rejection
29:00 Dad
38:18 Move to Florida
43:05 Father’s Arrest
47:03 State Assessments
49:39 Herman and Corruption
52:45 Talmon & Sexual Abuse
57:30 Christina’s Law
59:30 Abuse Stats
01:04:45 How Can it Change
01:07:52 Worst of Abuse
01:12:18 Attempted Suicide
For more info on Christina and her book “Cindergirl”, visit her website https://christinameredith.org
Follow Christina on Instagram @theamericanunderdog
Host/Interviewer: M. Troy Bye, Owner, Our Town Podcast
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