Romecca Sawers is the author of Because I Was Abused, a book entailing the life and mindset of a child sexually abused from the age of 5. Surrounded by violence, Romecca shares her reality around growing up in Guam where she became part of a generational cycle of physical, mental, and emotional abuse, surviving it all to tell her truth and share how she overcame each hurt to become the empowered woman she is today.