Chapter 4: She was 14

At just 14, Stephanie was sent away to Gateway Farm for Girls—her ninth home and sixth school. Promising healing and hope, the reform school delivered abusive religious extremism. In this episode, Stephanie recounts being dropped off without explanation and surviving deliverance ceremonies to "cast out demons."Her story reveals how survival sometimes means playing the system, and how the deepest wounds are often those left by silence, misunderstanding, and the absence of care.