Shala: Breaking Generational Trauma, Building Futures - Treasure Coast Girls Coalition

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I Need Blue
Shala: Breaking Generational Trauma, Building Futures - Treasure Coast Girls Coalition
Jun 23, 2025 Season 5 Episode 5
Jennifer Lee, Shala

From childhood trauma to becoming a fierce protector of young girls, Shala’s journey is a testament to healing and purpose. After losing the grandmother who raised her, she was thrust back into chaos—pregnant at 14, trapped in abuse, and raising two children alone. Yet somehow, she graduated high school on time.

“How did I do it?” she wonders. Her answer: boundaries, self-love, and an unshakable will to break cycles.

Shala founded Treasure Coast Girls Coalition to be what she once needed—a safe, empowering space. Serving girls 9–18, TCGC offers more than programs. It gives sisterhood, hot meals, therapy access, STEM and culinary training, and most of all—hope.

“You weren’t supposed to survive, but you did,” she tells herself—and now 154 girls carry that same fire forward.

She wouldn’t change a thing about her past. Because from it, she built something life-changing.

Contact Shala:

Email: info@treasurecoastgirls.org

Phone: 772-202-8170

Address: 457 Sebastian BLVD, Suite A, Sebastian, FL 32958

Website: https://www.girlscoalition.org/

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