Aleandra "Aly" Anika Sanchez

Aly was a natural born leader and an adventurer. She loved life and was always trying something new. She strived to help others by caring for her grandfather and teaching a neighbor how to use the computer. At 12 she had already experienced great pain through multiple surgeries including a hip replacement. This, however, did...

Officer Brent Wisdom

Anniversaries represent a date when something began; a new relationship was formed, a special event celebrated, or a day of remembrance of something significant (and sometimes life changing) that happened. For Joyce Wisdom, September 1st 1992, marks a day that she will never forget.  For 25 years she has experienced the grief caused by the...

Damion Henderson

On August 14, 1997, I was able to witness the birth of my nephew, Damion Michael Henderson. For the next 16 years, 6 months and 23 days, I watched him grow from an infant into a young man. He was a loving, caring person who dreamed of going to college and playing professional football. Damion...

Kristi Hosea

“I’m not a victim,” I told myself the first time an email regarding a job working as a victim advocate for Mothers Against Drunk Driving showed up in my inbox. “I’m not a mother,” I told myself the second time. The third time? I became the person who walks into a person’s life when everyone...

The Story of Cody Dewitt

When Cathy Dewitt, Cody’s mom, visualized her oldest son’s high school graduation she dreamed a time of joy, celebration, and planning ahead for the next stage of his life. Cathy was excited about the numerous possibilities for Cody; she never imagined that she would sit next to an empty chair covered with flowers and an...

Erin Rollins Part 1

This is the first in a three-part series by Drunk Driving Victim Erin Rollins: My entire body shook. My closest friends, family and I had waited for this day for months. October 18, 2016 represented two years of waiting. Two years spent in-and-out of hospitals undergoing several surgeries, totaling six thus far, and hundreds of...