Peer Support with Heather Martin
In this show Heather and I have an intimate conversation about the survivor journey and the role of peer support for mass violence survivors. Heather shares how her journey led her to start the Rebels Project.
Heather Martin was two days away from her 18th birthday when the shooting occurred during her senior year at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. After barricading in a small office for three hours, Heather returned home physically uninjured, but the effects of the trauma she experienced that day continued to impact in the following years as she went off to college. While the trauma caused her to initially drop out, she re-enrolled ten years later and obtained her Bachelors in English and teaching license. She co-founded The Rebels Project after the shooting at the Aurora, CO movie theater with other Columbine 1999 alumni. Heather is a national speaker advocating for informed responses to traumatic events from the perspective of a survivor. She currently resides in Colorado and teaches English in Aurora, CO.
9/11, amy c. o'neill, Amy O'Neill, Boston Marathon Bombing, Columbine, community, community after trauma, counseling, cPTSD, family, family after trauma, impact of trauma, Las Vegas Shooting, life after trauma, mass shooting, mass shootings, mass violence, mental health, mental illness, mental well-being, mental wellness, Parkland, Peer Support, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, recovery, resilience, resiliency, school shooting, shooting survivor, surviving terrorism, surviving trauma, survivor, terrorism, therapy, trauma, trauma counseling, trauma therapy, traumatic grief, well-being
