What Happened To You? | Adriana Welham | TEDxHeaton

The phone call came from Venezuela. My mother was crying so hard, I could barely understand her. I remember gripping the phone tighter and tighter.My heart pounding, convinced someone had died. Then finally, through the sobs, she managed to say the words that would change my family forever. Andrea has been sexually abused.Andrea was my niece. She was only 4 years old. And the man who hurt her was her stepfather.I froze. Then came the shock. Then anger. And then finally, certainty.I knew exactly who the vill ...