Who Is Alyssa Hogan...
In 2015 my entire life changed. I was arrested for 2nd degree
murder of my husband and faced life in prison. Despite a
degree in criminal justice and several years working in the
social services field, I found myself in the last place I ever
expected.
For 12 years I endured a brutally violence relationship with
my husband. No matter how many times or ways my
husband sought to break my spirit and my body, I loved him
and held desperately to my idea of the perfect family. And
then the unthinkable happened.
Thanks to my faith in God, in 2016 I was acquitted of all charges
based on the “Stand Your Ground” law. Many began to ask
how I recovered from such a major life setback and what was
the secret to my happiness and success? I began sharing my
testimony and using my experience to help others fix their
lives.
Through my tragedy, I found the will to coach women to
make themselves a priority and end the cycle of mistreatment
often from the hands of those who claim to love them most.
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In the blink of an eye my four children were fatherless and
were on the brink of losing their mother to prison because I
finally decided to fight back. I lost my job as a Pre-K teacher
and became homeless. Though I thought it couldn’t get
worse, I managed to keep the faith. I turned back to God.
He had never failed me. Although I was a faithful servant, it
didn’t stop me from questioning why had I gone through so
much pain?
I began to re-evaluate my past choices in life and
discovered that I had repeated a pattern that happened in
my childhood. I recalled witnessing the women around me
devalue themselves and create fictitious love affairs with
men who treated them poorly. The stories they told about
the romance and care they received from these men stood
in stark contrast to what we saw.
I imagine that I was behaving similarly in my own marriage.
Because headlines about me and the murder were
everywhere, people on the street recognized my face.
While out on bail, women began to approach me and tell me
their stories and how they were praying for me. I began to
research the cases of women in prison for the same charges.
I wanted to know if others had seen warning signs. What
were the statistics and were services available to help me
and others in the community?
Shockingly, I discovered the victims of domestic violence
were typically re-victimized by their friends, family, society
and the criminal justice system. We apparently have a
personality trait that draws us to these situations and it
cripples every aspect of our lives. And, if that weren’t bad
enough, no matter my positivity, life continued to beat me
down. Even without having been convicted, I was unable to
obtain employment, housing or life insurance with pending
charges and few friends were even willing to help.
Alyssa Hogan is a speaker who
motivates, inspires, challenges and transforms lives.
• Keynote Speaker
• Domestic Violence Speaker
• Rights Restoration Speaker
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• Entrepreneurship Speaker
• Motivational Speaker
• Business Speaker
• Leadership Speaker
• Workshops
•Conferences