by WWASP Survivors | Apr 6, 2021 | Diamond Ranch Academy, Survivor Testimony
I left DRA with a PTSD diagnosis from the treatment I received there. On my first night, they told me to get into bed, but I wanted to call my mother because I believed they had illegally kidnapped me against her will (long story, but not outlandish since they took me...
by WWASP Survivors | Nov 14, 2020 | Spring Ridge Academy, Survivor Testimony
I personally found the second training at Spring Ridge to be traumatic. The girls were led into a dark room in the basement and instructed to lie on the floor while the facilitator gave us a guided visualization that we were on a cruise ship. We were all beginning to...
by WWASP Survivors | Nov 14, 2020 | Sunset Bay Academy, Survivor Testimony
Guillermo Willie Heredia is said to be alive by SbA’s founding director Amy Ritchie. His daughters and wife Christina, Edelia Denisse, karina and Trinidad Heredia pretend he is dead so he can evade taxes and avoid speculation from parents. These women also know about...
by WWASP Survivors | Oct 12, 2020 | Pacific Life Teen Program, Sunset Bay Academy, Survivor Testimony
I have been wanting to tell my story for some time however the owners of Sunset Bay Academy and Pacific Life Program threatened to murder me and my family when I was a teenager there and forced me to convince them I would not report their abuse. I have come to learn...
by WWASP Survivors | Sep 30, 2020 | Breaking Code Silence, Cross Creek Programs, Survivor Testimony
September 27th, 2004 I was sent to Cross Creek Manor (CCM) Utah- One of the therapeutic boarding schools that were operated by World Wide Association of Specialty Programs (WWASP). September 25, 2004-“What the hell am I doing?” I ask myself this question...
