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Council Member Ayala acknowledges survivors' resilience and shares personal experience
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Council Member Diana Ayala expresses gratitude to the survivors for sharing their stories and acknowledges the resilience and power in the room. She reveals that she and her colleague Farah are also survivors of domestic violence.
- Ayala emphasizes the importance of using personal tragedies for a greater good
- She mentions that sharing her own story, though difficult, has had a positive impact on other women
- The council member acknowledges the vulnerability required to share such personal experiences