Program Kid

It’s been more than 15 years since I was kidnapped in the middle of the night and imprisoned by my parents in a school called Academy at Ivy Ridge, in Ogdensburg, NY. I was there for 19 months.

I know it’s difficult to understand… but I’m currently going through a lot mentally at the moment. It’s difficult but at the same time, I now see the light at the end of the tunnel. At the boarding school I went to… it was incredibly traumatic for me. Now that the industry has been exposed more through Paris Hilton… so many people have come forward with their stories. Its brought forth so many emotions.

Being older, I now understand that what happened to me was something really serious. It paved the way for the course of my life thus far. I never spoke about this school. I put almost all of it deep down in my mind, but the truth is I, along with other girls and boys was abused, degraded, brainwashed, and taken advantage of daily. We were stripped of our basic human rights. They broke us down to nothing, only to build us back up by their standards. We were all trapped there. Like prisoners but, they took away our hygiene privileges, we needed permission to sit, stand, talk, everything. I was no longer allowed to communicate in Spanish with my parents. Everything had to be in English and the only way I could communicate with them for almost a year… was through letters we had one hour to write, once a week. These schools spent crucial years stifling our creativity. If we did not oblige, we received our consequences. It’s an experience I can honestly say did much more harm than good.

These days, the generational trauma and toxic conditioning I’ve suffered, at the hands of my parents keeps us from having any type of relationship today. At 30 years old I struggle with my identity, as well as depression, and ptsd. I have weekly sessions with a therapist and I’m enrolled in a wellness program. Through this movement, I’ve begun the process of truly healing. Human rights do not begin at 18 years old. Please, sit down and talk with your children. Choose any other course of action available to your family. Do not send your children to these schools. You’ll be risking their future health and happiness.