The numbers are scary: In the last three years, the Anaheim Police Department has fielded 9,000 calls for domestic violence. And not all of them were from the actual victims. Some came from the victim’s child, neighbor, friend.

Last summer, Wyatt, 18, volunteered at the Orange County Family Justice Center, the Anaheim non-profit that serves survivors of domestic violence, child abuse, elder and dependent adult abuse, and sexual assault.

"They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger," says Maria, 21. "Well, I've been to hell and back."