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Erin Merryn

Erin Merryn is an internationally recognized author, speaker, and child abuse advocate and activist. She earned her MSW from Aurora University. For six years of her childhood, she was sexually abused, keeping her secret locked away in her childhood diary. Before graduating high school, Erin published her diary into a book called Stolen Innocence. She has since published three more books.

In 2013, she had Erin’s Law passed in her home state of Illinois — a law that requires personal body safety taught in public schools every year. She has made it her mission to have it passed in all 50 states. To date, Erin has passed Erin’s Law in more then half the country.

Since 2004, Erin has shared her story in over two hundred publications and appeared on Oprah, Today, Good Morning America, CNN, and Fox, among others. Glamour magazine named Erin “Woman of the Year” in 2012, and People magazine named her one of fifteen women changing the world in 2014.

Erin lives in Chicago, Illinois, where she is married and the mother of three girls.