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Kimberly Corbin and Kara Robinson Chamberlain are victim advocates and survivors that both turned their traumas into careers in the criminal justice and media spaces. Although their

experiences are different in nature, what came next in their journeys have heavily affected their shared mission in the true crime space.

They both hope to inspire awareness and healing in the survivor community through their many media efforts, which range from public speaking gigs to a scripted film.

They also recently celebrated the launch of their own podcast, Survivor's Guide to True Crime,

and I am so grateful they were willing to discuss the layeredness of their experiences with us today.

Music today. My name's Kimberly Corbyn, and I'm so excited to be joining you with Kara today.

I am a survivor advocate that lives in Colorado.

I've got four kiddos, a husband, two dogs, lots of fun chaos in my life, and am the co-host of Survivor's Guide to True Crime. I'm Kara Robinson Chamberlain. I am also a mom

of two and third coming sometime next year. I also have a crazy dog, a husband, and some chickens.

I also, with Kim, host Survivor's Guide to True Crime. It's hard to identify my life before trauma,

simply because I grew up in what I would categorize as a chaotic household. I was loved and I was not abused, but I would not say

that I had a peaceful, idyllic childhood without trauma. I was an only child. My parents fought

consistently, fighting, punching holes through walls, and one of them taking me from the other one

consistently. So a lot of my

earliest memories are somewhat traumatic. I feel like that prepared me for my future. I was 15 years old.

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