Nina Guilbeau interviews and writes the life story of Dorothy Del Valle.

I was a stripper. I was an alcoholic. I was a drug addict. I was a prostitute. I was sexually abused and I was the worst mother I could have ever imagined. I didn’t know God and when I did, I turned away from Him. Yet God never left me. He persisted in order to save me spiritually, mentally and physically and for a long time I didn’t know why. I had not earned it. I was not a strong believer and many times I did not believe at all. I never felt special or valued or worthy. However, in my story I learned that I am all these things to Him for the same reason that you are – because you’re you