you get an opportunity to be here at all let alone a second chance and I’m going to make the most of [Music] it as a survivor of sexual violence I now see the pattern I was stuck in and what I was trying to achieve in my own way to exert my own power and I Know It Takes tremendous strength to heal and I thank everyone who supported me on this journey these last few years have felt like a fresh slate I’m on my path a new glorious and imperfect one I will not let what’s happened to me Define me it is what I do that defines me and this is what my best looks like and that’s good enough I dedicate this award to women everywhere Rising above their painful pasts and finding the courage to be their best selves