INSPIRING US TO LIVE WITH LOVE
BY EMPOWERING SURVIVORS TO
TRANSFORM TRAMA INTO TRUTH
As a wildlife biologist turned social scientist and nonprofit leader, I am passionate about inspiring us to love.
With a heart for service, I have served in the nonprofit sector for more than two decades, stewarding community and environmental causes such as: cofounded a recycling center to train and employ unhoused community members; cofounded a climate change initiative, which convened interfaith, Indigenous, youth, and scientific leaders to build bridges of understanding across communities; and cofounded a nonprofit serving survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault nonprofit.
Today, I am writing Surrender on the Mountain: A Memoir About Trauma, Truth, and Above All, Love. Based on the trauma and recovery from child sexual abuse, loss, and betrayal.
The primary reason for writing this book is to tell readers that — loving yourself is possible. The other reason, we live in world fluent in the language of trauma and hate, and Surrender will offer readers language personal yet accessible language about transforming trauma into truth — language giving love the wings to fly from heart to heart, flower to flower, survivor to survivor.
I live on a hillside in Homer, Alaska overlooking Tikahtnu (Lower Cook Inlet) with husband Shane and Kenzie, the bestest ‘lil canine companion.
Maria Walker
(She/Her)
