Founder Story

I did not choose this work because it was easy.
I chose it because I lived it.

I am a mother of three, a stepmother to five, and a grandmother of two. My life has been built around love, responsibility, and resilience. I am also an immigrant—a woman who came to this country believing in safety, opportunity, and justice.

For a long time, I believed the system would protect me.

But when I needed it most, it didn’t.

I am a survivor of domestic violence.

And like so many survivors, the abuse did not end when I found the courage to speak up. In many ways, that is when a different kind of struggle began.

I did what victims are told to do—I reported. I asked for help. I trusted the process.

Instead, I faced barriers that I was never prepared for.

I encountered challenges in reporting, in being heard, and in navigating systems that felt overwhelming and, at times, unresponsive. There were moments where I felt dismissed. Moments where I felt exposed instead of protected. Moments where I questioned whether my voice even mattered.

And after speaking up, I experienced retaliation.

Not always loud. Not always visible. But real.

The kind that isolates you.
The kind that makes you question your safety, your decisions, and your strength.

The system failed me—more than once.

But it did not break me.

Because in the middle of everything—fear, uncertainty, and exhaustion—I still had something stronger:

My children.

They were my reason to keep going.
My reason to learn.
My reason to fight for something better.

I became a student of the system out of necessity.

I learned how to document.
I learned how to ask the right questions.
I learned how to navigate processes that are overwhelming even for professionals—let alone for survivors carrying trauma.

At the same time, I was building a life.

I am a small business owner.
I have built, lost, and rebuilt.
I have experienced failed relationships, deep pain, and moments where starting over felt impossible.

But I kept going.

And then, something changed.

I found love again.

Brian became my strength when I was rebuilding.
My clarity when everything felt uncertain.
My peace when life had been chaos for so long.

He is the love, the stability, and the vision I had always been searching for.

Through that love, I found something even deeper—grounding.

And in that grounding, I found the strength to stop just surviving… and start building.

I am incredibly grateful, because having that support allowed me to step fully into my purpose—to create something bigger than myself.

Because this is bigger than me.

I cannot do this alone—and I was never meant to.

I am surrounded by survivors.
By people who understand the pain.
By individuals who have experienced the same confusion, fear, and frustration within our judicial system.

And together, we carry a shared truth:

There has to be a better way.

Zee Justice Project was born from that truth.

This organization exists because:

• Survivors should not have to navigate complex systems alone

• Speaking up should not come with fear of retaliation

• Transparency should exist in systems that hold power over people’s lives

• Knowledge should be accessible—not something you only gain after suffering

There are too many people forced into silence—not because they lack courage, but because they lack protection.

There are too many victims who stay quiet because the system feels harder than the abuse itself.

There are too many families trying to survive processes they were never prepared for.

Zee Justice Project is here to change that.

We are building a space where:

• Survivors are informed, not intimidated

• People understand their rights before crisis happens

• Stories are documented responsibly and truthfully

• Systems are held accountable through education, transparency, and lawful advocacy

This is not driven by anger.

It is driven by purpose.
By truth.
By a commitment to real change.

Because despite everything I have experienced, I believe this with everything in me:

There is hope.
There is help.
And there is a way to navigate—even the hardest systems—when you have the right knowledge and support.

I am not just a survivor.

I am a builder.
A leader.
A voice for those who have been unheard.

And Zee Justice Project is where that voice becomes action—
turning pain into purpose, and purpose into lasting change.