1.0AFCPEhttps://www.afcpe.orgRachael Deleonhttps://www.afcpe.org/news-and-publications/blog/author/rachael/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="SlEwtgr5Y9"><a href="https://www.afcpe.org/news-and-publications/blog/myfinlitstory-cindy-morita-lcsw/">#MyFinLitStory: Cindy Morita, LCSW</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.afcpe.org/news-and-publications/blog/myfinlitstory-cindy-morita-lcsw/embed/#?secret=SlEwtgr5Y9" width="600" height="338" title="“#MyFinLitStory: Cindy Morita, LCSW” — AFCPE" data-secret="SlEwtgr5Y9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.afcpe.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Cindy-Morita-e1556028594719.jpeg30244032  I have been a social worker for almost 20 years and have worked with survivors of intimate partner violence. Over the years, survivors would share with me that one of the main reasons that they remain with or return to their abusers was because they could not financially care for themselves and/or their children. Furthermore, from my experience, I […]