As a 39-year-old divorced woman since June of 2017, am working for one of the departments of health offices in Florida, employed for the last 17 years. In those 17 years, been deployed to over 15 different special needs shelters for displaced victims of hurricanes, fires, tornadoes, and other natural disasters. Growing up in a small town where everyone knew the family and the children would get caught, their parents already knew what had happened—surviving emotional, verbal, and sexual abuse as a child and adult, so trusting people is difficult after something like that. However, without options, the person is forced to carry on with no counseling or guidance from family members regarding healing and moving forward with forgiveness that would serve as an empowerment tool for confidences purposes. Selected criminal justice - human services area of study allowed personal experience as a health worker and as an abuse survivor to reach people in the communities I am in that other people would not be able to relate to the situation. Also, to help natural disaster victims with a secure and safe location to shelter from the storm. Choosing this path to better oneself is being able to help better the community one is in simply because of a better understanding of situations others might be living in. As a full-time employee, obtaining this degree will allow different careers and begin the application processes for a crime scene investigator. A passion is to further the betterment of oneself to help the residential and professional communities better. As survivors of verbal, emotional, and sexual abuse, they plan to use education to create an environment safe for every victim in the community. Planning to use the educational experience to educate others regarding mental health and how much harder it is for victims to understand that it is not their fault. Another plan I intend to use is emergency management because when people panic during a natural disaster, no matter if they are abused or not need a safe place to go to while riding out the storm. Staff would have to verify that the client had a home to return to before being released into the community. There would be stricter rules regarding evacuees with a sexual assault charge, so an officer at the location would be a must because those displaced victims would have to shelter elsewhere, especially if they are Pedophiles.