Most sexual assault victim advocates last three to five years on the job, but Carroll College Professor Kelly Parsley has been at it for almost 20 years.
“If you know a victim or someone who survives sexual violence, you know this incredibly strong, heroic person,” Parsley said. “She didn’t think she could live through the nightmare; she didn’t know the nightmare would end … She chose to survive and she made it past. It’s like being around heroes…”