Jessica Nicely has dedicated her life to saving people, especially women and children, from abusive and violent situations. This 'Mom on a Mission' is the founder of the Winged Hope Family Advocacy Foundation in Gilbert.
For Jessica Nicely, the pathway to her dream was tumultuous.She was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in northern Virginia along with her sister.Her mother abandoned the family when Jessica was just 8-months-old."My daddy raised us, and he developed a debilitating alcohol addiction pretty quickly, and so he was a full-time alcoholic," Nicely said. "My whole life and drugs occasionally here and there."She endured verbal, physical and sexual abuse.
He could have time with his children, and he had already sexually abused one daughter and said his plan was to sexually abuse the other daughter who had intellectual disabilities, and somehow this man was sitting across the table from me and that made me angry."Winged Hope started in 2013. At the time, there were only 13 family advocacy centers around the state. Now there's 22, thanks to help from Jessica and her organization.
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