A child should never have to fear the people responsible for keeping them safe. Yet, for Dr. Cynthia McQueen, childhood was marked by experiences no child deserves to endure.

For some children, school is a place of friendships, laughter, and discovery. For others, simply making it through the day becomes an exhausting struggle.

Dr. Cynthia McQueen knows what it means to question whether life is worth continuing. As a child, she experienced abuse, bullying, isolation, and thoughts of suicide.