Do You Recognize This Face?

It could be me, somebody you know or maybe it's you.

Mary’s face is one of many in my Faces of Trauma series—a body of work I created to spark conversations about the silent, heavy weight of trauma. Her story might feel familiar to you. That’s because Mary’s face isn’t just mine—it could be yours.

For years, I lived in fear. Fear of judgment. Fear of rejection. Fear of stepping outside the roles I was taug…