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Podcast: Bold Becoming
Episode: Ep. 10 Lena Cebula — Serial Rape, Addiction, Sexual Slavery
Description: Note: This interview took place on February 8, 2022, shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine
Surviving a string of atrocities, Lena Cebula tells her story of life in Ukraine after the Soviet Union collapsed and with it, her country’s economic and social systems, normalizing addiction, rape and abuse. Her story is one of hope when there’s none in sight.
She no longer feels like she could be roadkill, passed by with no one looking for her or coming to bury her. Starting from age 11, her life mimicked her country — total chaos...