Awareness Into Action: Misti Spencer’s Journey Beyond Survival

<p><strong>Beyond Survival: From Awareness to Empowerment</strong></p><p><strong>Misti Spencer</strong><br />Author • Speaker • Survivor Advocate • Director of Development &amp; Partnerships, Empowerment Access Foundation</p><p><em>“A survivor’s story is more than what happened to them—it is also what they choose to build afterward.”</em></p><p>Grab your cup and join Miss Liz for a powerful, honest, and necessary conversation with <strong>Misti Spencer</strong>—author, speaker, survivor advocate, and Director of Development &amp; Partnerships for Empowerment Access Foundation.</p><p>Misti brings both <strong>lived experience and professional insight</strong> to the conversation surrounding human trafficking, exploitation, domestic violence, addiction, trauma, prevention, and the systems that can leave survivors without meaningful pathways forward.</p><p>Her memoir, <em><strong>Drinking Beauty and the Seven Narcissists: A Musical Journey</strong></em>, explores a deeply personal journey through childhood exploitation, human trafficking, domestic violence, addiction, difficult relationships, trauma, healing, and survival.</p><p>But Misti's story does not end with what she survived.</p><p>It is also a story of <strong>education, resilience, advocacy, empowerment, and purpose.</strong></p><p>A psychology graduate of the <strong>University of Central Florida</strong>, Misti serves on the Advisory Board for UCF’s Center for the Study of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery and has contributed to educational curriculum addressing human trafficking.</p><p>Today, through her advocacy and partnership work, she is focused on helping turn <strong>awareness into meaningful action</strong>—connecting survivors with opportunity while bringing businesses, nonprofits, educators, and communities together to create change.</p><p>Misti reminds us that survivors should never be defined solely by what happened to them.</p><p>They are voices.<br />They are leaders.<br />They are advocates.<br />They are creators of new chapters.</p><p>And sometimes, the most powerful thing we can do is not simply tell a survivor’s story, but <strong>listen to their voice, believe their experience, and create opportunities for them to help shape the future.</strong></p><p><strong>AWARENESS • EMPOWERMENT • PREVENTION</strong></p><p>Misti comes to us from <strong>Orlando, Florida, USA</strong>.</p><p>Her favourite colour is <strong>purple</strong>.</p><p>The one word she uses to describe herself is