From Rock Bottom to Rising Strong: My Journey as a Data Privacy Advocate & Fitness Warrior 💪🔒

TW: Trauma, Betrayal, Mental Health Struggles

Let’s go back to 2018, I was that girl who trusted too easily. I graduated college, started my dream job in tech, and thought I had it all...until my whole life was hacked. 💔

Someone stole everything: my identity, my savings, even naked photos I stupidly had uploaded to the cloud without securing them. I woke up to 10K in fraudulent purchases on my credit card, my social media cloned, and my naked photos being posted on revenge porn websites. The worst part? The hacker was someone I went on a few dates with. 🤡

For months I was a ghost. I wasn’t eating, I wasn’t sleeping, I just cried in the shower, sometimes in between police reports. My so-called “friends” blamed me for “being careless.” Employers ghosted me once they Googled my name. I put on 40lbs from stress-eating, I lost all of my confidence... I wanted to disappear.

And then—I fought back. ⚡️

I spent 2 years educating myself on matters of cybersecurity, privacy laws, ethical hacking, anything I could learn about data privacy to reclaim my online identity and data. I started exercising and lifting weights to express my rage... every deadlift felt like crushing the patriarchy. 🏋️‍♀️ And today? I help 50K+ people secure their digital identities, while also building unshakeable self-worth through fitness.

What’s my end goal? To make sure no one will feel as powerless as I did. Because baby, your data is YOUR body. And we protect all of it. 💋

P.S. I’m still paranoid AF. My DMs are encrypted. 😘