How to Build a Future That Looks Nothing Like Your Past | Lisa Ann Oliveira

[music] [music] [applause] I have nine siblings, most of which are criminals. Six of their kids are dead. And now I'm dying, too.My father was abused by his father and left for Vietnam at 17. He came home broken. My earliest memory is of him kicking me in the stomach with his cowboy boots.My mom left him and her new boyfriend tried to touch me, but I fought back. I fought back so hard that he beat me back. When I was seven years old, some neighborhood boys took me into an orchard and sexually abused me.I cr ...