When Gloria* talks about her life now, she smiles. Twenty years ago, she was living in a shelter with her five children trying to survive, and many hard years followed. Today she is safe, financially stable, and a homeowner. She owes this “miracle” to finding the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law and through it,
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Empowered with the legal knowledge she learned and results she achieved through the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law, Nicole* is reclaiming the dreams she thought she had lost forever, including obtaining her college degree. In high school, she thought she met the love of her life, but Nicole’s life went from happy to horror-filled.
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With the blade of her husband’s butcher knife at her throat, Amara* pressed 911 but did not speak. Minutes later, the police came to investigate the suspicious call, but nobody, not Amara, not her young daughter who witnessed everything, talked. The officer said to her “you can tell me what happened,” but Amara was afraid
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Mira* came to the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law at a low point in her life. Unable to work full-time due to a debilitating medical condition, Mira was helping in a convent in exchange for room and board. She was surviving on $1,000 a month in support from her earlier divorce. Little did she
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Happily settled in a new life, fortified by a college degree and a rewarding job helping others, Sarah* no longer lives in fear of her ex-husband. Sarah’s sexual abuse started after she became pregnant, and then the beatings and intimidation began. Calling the police was unthinkable because her husband threatened to hurt her and their
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