S.M. Andrews is a Child Protection Advocate, writer, and lifelong student of child development, childhood trauma, Early Childhood Education, human development across the lifespan, and the lifelong effects of childhood and adolescent adversity.

Having survived severe, long-term, multi-perpetrator caregiver and familial child abuse and prolonged captivity, she knows firsthand how devastating childhood trauma can be – and how easily abuse can remain hidden from, dismissed by, or inadequately addressed by the very people and systems meant to protect children.