This episode is Midsy.

And when I think about Midsy, I think about resilience.

She had such a hard childhood and adolescence, but she got to a place of asking herself,

OK, what am I going to do about it?

And as you'll hear, that's how she approaches so many obstacles in her life.

Okay, what am I going to do about this?

This is episode 11.

I just jumped.

This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault of a child.

Listener discretion advised.

That's something that I share with my child and with other kids.

They're just, you know, that adults don't need help from children.

I don't care if it's an old lady crossing the street.

You go get an adult and you have them help that person,

but it is not a child's responsibility to help an adult in need.

This is I Survived, the podcast where we talk to women who have lived through the worst things imaginable

and all the tragic, messy, and wonderful things that can happen after survival.

I'm Caitlin Van Moll.

Midsey Sanchez grew up in Vallejo, California, outside San Francisco in the 90s.

I'm the first generation of my family that was born and raised here in the United States.

My family's from Mexico, Halisco, Mexico.

And gosh, I'm like in the middle of about six kids that my mom has.

...