Enduring physical and sexual abuse and violence was never easy when we moved as children from home to home.
Musician, lawyer, and survivor, Natalie Raikadroka revealed this on fijivillage Straight Talk With Vijay Narayan, saying she is not looking for pity or attention but we need to do a lot more as parents and as a society to deal with neglect and abuse.
Raikadroka says the adults in the house knew what was happening to her when she was a young girl.
Raikadroka says when you are 5 or 6 years old, you do not think much of this bad adult thing that happened to you.
She says growing up, you just pile it up with all the other bad things that happened to you.
Raikadroka says as you get older, you understand more.
She adds this has made her resilient.
From being deported as a toddler, to living under a house and studying by candlelight, to facing abuse, judgement, and stigma, Raikadroka has walked through many struggles but she has also risen, with education, music, and sheer resilience, to carve out her own path.
