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Sunset Bay Academy – Survivor of SBA

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...

Sunset Bay Academy – Anonymous

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...

Cross Creek Manor – Casey J

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...
Academy at Ivy Ridge – Lacy S

Academy at Ivy Ridge – Lacy S

by WWASP Survivors | Sep 28, 2020 | Academy at Ivy Ridge, Survivor Testimony

I was dropped off at Academy at Ivy Ridge by my mom and stepdad. They treated us like animals for the most part. We could look, talk or do anything without permission. We were watched in our sleep and even forced to use the bathroom while the stalls door were left...

#BreakingCodeSilence – Academy at Ivy Ridge – Christie Kay

by WWASP Survivors | Sep 15, 2020 | Academy at Ivy Ridge, Breaking Code Silence, Survivor Testimony

Admin Note: This is reproduced from Facebook with the permission of the author Shortly after my 15th birthday, I was sent to a WWASP affiliated “troubled teen” program. Unlike many of my peers in the program, I was not kidnapped in the night by strangers, and...
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