Penny Hollick earned a B.S degree from Cal Poly, Pomona graduating cum laude. She has been a successful self-employed entrepreneur starting accounting firms in MN, CO, and ID. She now finds herself driven to her true life mission which is writing her personal memoir. She has survived child abuse, domestic violence, alcoholism, major depression, and PTSD. She has a passion to help anyone who is currently hurting from the same or similar issues because she knows their pain. She intends to write more articles under the Mental Health Section of OpEdNews. Her hobbies are fishing, hiking, camping, travel, and studying the newest findings in neuroplasticity. Her mantra is NEVER GIVE UP AND NEVER STAY STUCK. For more information, please visit https://pennyhollick.com/