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Ms. Rachel E. Milano was born in 1973 in Riverhead NY, on the coast of Long Island. From the time she was born Rachel was the target of emotional, physical, mental and sexual abuse, as were her siblings. Before turning ten years old, she lived in 10 different places not including the times she lived with her family on the streets. Between foster homes, extended family and her biological mother, Ms. Milano successfully fought to maintain her most valued possession, her sanity. Of her other siblings, one did not survive their childhood circumstances of abuse and neglect, three who were placed for adoption and Rachel herself who was finally placed at the age of ten. Twenty three years later, she reunited with several of her siblings and biological mother. Since then, she has discovered her purpose in life and now lives to make her past and the past of her siblings worth having survived.
She is:
Rachel Elizabeth Milano
Age: 35
Married: 1994-2004
Born: Riverhead NY, 1973
Adopted: 1984
Humanitarian / Philanthropist
Quotes Currently known for:
- "It is not enough to survive, we must learn to survive in the place in which we thrive."
- "There are no dead ends, only detours and some are not so scenic."
Current Career Path: Folk & Photo Artist, Expert Lifestyle Transitions Consultant & Holistic Victim Recovery Facilitator,Thriving Survivor of Cancer, Abuse & Neglect, Public Speaker, Mentor, Author and Fine Artist
Lifestyle Transitions Expert Qualifications:
- Ms. Milano has Lived a Life of Recovery for 15 years as an active survivor of child/adult abuse and neglect.
- Commits her life to the cause of prevention and awareness through victim recovery, having dedicated over 70.000 hours to the cause to date.
- Certified CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate)
- Has a proven record of having successfully overcome her traumas.
- Offers viable solutions to the process of victim recovery
- Ms. Milano has Lives a Life of Recovery as a active survivor of child/adult abuse and neglect.
- Commits her life to the cause of prevention and awareness through victim recovery, having dedicated over 70.000 hours to the cause to date.
- Certified CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate)
- Has a proven record of having successfully overcome her traumas.
- Offers viable solutions to the process of victim recovery
Founder: STOP~WATCH & Respond (SWR) "SWR is a traumatic abuse prevention organization specializing in the combined uses of print, media and technology to advance our efforts in traumatic abuse awareness and prevention through victim recovery nationally. Our organization is based in Savannah, GA. We are a genuine coalition to bring the war on traumatic abuse and it's fatalities front and center so that America pays continuous attention and makes greater intervention. As a non-compete good will organization, we serve as an additional vehicle for infield service and national activism. United, we will link and mend the societal disconnect associated with traumatic abuse and Socioeconomic depression, in doing so, each allied organization’s resources can be used for maximum effectiveness."
As an activist, Ms. Milano is never idle. Her goal is to hyper stimulate awareness to demand effective change that will lend to a considerable decrease in our national fatality and offender reports. She will stop at nothing to ensure safer healthy environments for children to develop in.
Book 1: The Mosaic, Shattered Pieces
Book 2: The Mosaic, Laying Down the Pieces
Book 3: The Mosaic, Binding the Pieces Together
Book 4: The Mosaic, The Historic Walk of Love
(Photo Documentary)
- Fine Artist and Creative Director:
R.E.Markable Fine Arts, Abstract, Low Relief, Sand: paintings, sculptures and wall hangings, Documentary film production
Milano's goal as a motivational speaker is to build inspiring co-operative relationships between the dual dynamics within educational, working and living environments. She is compelled to believe that both sides of an any engagement must reconstruct and develop simultaneously to ensure the successful growth of each party involved. Ms. Milano has heard the endless complaints of students, teachers, employers, employees, neighbors and family members for 15 years and has effectively worked with both parties to create a new, workable and mutually profitable environment for countless numbers of people. She assist in positively enhancing the dynamics of relationships.
Founder: Kekoon Publishing and Kekoon Book Publishing was established in 2006. Our specialty is in the area of ministering to readers heart to heart. We are based out of Savannah Georgia. We are an exclusive publishing house catering to writers with an uplifting message and purpose. Every dime of our materials is used to raise resources for the causes relevant to our materials. This means that each product purchased with Kekoon is a donation! Clients who publish with Kekoon Book Publishing, our not for profit, agree to donate back to their communities a percentage of product sales to a charity of their choice that relates to their survival story. We do not charge any publishing fees to publish books from FVA's (Former Victim Authors) as their works are sponsored through private donors and ad-placement.
Ms. Milano reviews business marketing concepts and helps owners attain maximum versatility and profitability. She reviews their goals and provides a 14 day, 14 point product or vision enhancement service based on the clients provided consumer market evaluation.
Proud Mother of five, two girls and three boys. Her focus with her children is to love and nurture great citizens who can make healthy contributions to the future.
- Child/Adult Abuse & Neglect Thriving Survivor
Ms. Milano has fought countless fights as a survivor of childhood assaults. She's been wounded by long drawn out battles against starvation, rape, rejection, mental and emotional cruelty. Thus far, she has beaten the medical consequences of such criminal acts, putting the side effects of her past in remission. Ms. Milano has grown from using her voice in the world of urban seduction to the now explosive voice of freedom for victims of abuse and neglect. She has surrendered to the cause of victim recovery as well as abuse/neglect awareness and prevention for the remainder of her life.
Today she thrives as one who lives by the rod of "emotional reconstructive therapy", Unconditional Love of Self. She is living proof that positive statistic are harvested out of crimes against children. She is "new" to this world, this thing called life, yet she is happy to be free. Although her recovery is life long, it is proven effective by the day. Today, she has no reason to die and every reason to live.
Her expertise? Ms. Milano is gifted naturally with the ability to see healing on a universal level. Having endured the traumas of her life, she has mastered certain tools of survival and identified their use not only by herself but by the sustaining life forces within the laws of nature. Her goal in life is to help others realize we are bound by the living laws of existence, the purposes of destruction, devastation, restoration, negatives and positives are all used in the process of universal creation, a process we as humans are not independent of.
Ms. Milano is a visionary, she sees lessons of healing and life in every move she makes. Ms. Milano uses everyday real examples of life to reveal the lessons applicable to the total human composite. Thus, most every message she delivers comes complete with a life metaphor.
The reality of this woman is that she believes in walking the talk, relating and proving knowledge and understanding with direct actions and reactions. One of her greatest life accomplishments was the 250 Mile Push for Awareness held April 16, 2008 through June 2, 2008. The vision came while Ms. Milano was sitting at table convinced there was a way to propel forward, advance from ideas practically coming to fruition to actually existing for practical use. She remembered a statement... "a bird in hand is worth two in the bush"... "bird in hand" she repeated it looking around at the things she owned, there wasn't much there for a single mother of five but she knew there had to be something that could provide a way.
Then she thought of her storage shed where in her mind's eye she could see the wagon she purchased some four years earlier as a security investment, thinking one day she would use it to house and sell her one of a kind snack food product. Instantly, the idea crossed her mind, "What if I push my wagon from Savannah to Atlanta?" Her assistant immediately protested and still the vision unfolded. Ms. Milano could see the plan laid out in her mind and knew that making the wagon a historic item would enable her to auction it's worth and acquire the revenue to officially launch STOP~WATCH & Respond (SWR), the organization she'd been running on fumes for nearly a year. She talked of how she would stake a flag every mile and tell people about victim recovery, how child abuse and neglect were not just children's issues but environmental issues. She saw what she needed to make it happen and sought out immediately to achieve it.
Ms. Milano gave herself one month's time knowing child abuse and neglect awareness month was just around the corner and it needed to be begin then. The miles were counted, the mileage chart was created, body building sessions began immediately with professional body builder Mr. Tony O'Connor and wagon reconstruction began. Thanks to the affective fund raising of her family, she was able to gather the supplies needed to journey out. One month later, Ms. Milano looked up to the sky and said, "sis, I will give your love a voice" and she stepped out into the road beginning what is now being called "The Historic Walk of Love."
The journey was to take sixteen days and in fact took six weeks, five days finishing June 2, 2008 at 10:19 a.m. Her goal was to raise awareness on the issues surrounding child abuse and neglect but as the miles went by, she realized it was a journey symbolic of the every day life... survival. Now, after 250 plus miles of eventful encounters to include surviving being side swiped by a semi truck, The Wagon Lady has stories to tell that will help inspire you along your personal life journey. Ms. Milano states, "It started out as my journey and my purpose but ended up being my purpose and our journey... that is life!" Memorabilia products are currently being replicated for those who wish to treasure the memory of this once in a life time experience.
Her story lends a unique perspective on victim recovery and offers a fresh look at the process. She is bold, real, raw, sincere and she is motivated to help struggling survivors get back on track. Ms. Milano stands, a witness, a living testimony, she can relate and her method yields POSITIVE RESULTS!