This year, we welcome Erin Merryn, survivor and national child abuse prevention advocate, to our Celebrate Every Child event as a guest speaker!

Erin Merryn is a nationally recognized speaker, advocate, and published author. Her first of five books, Stolen Innocence, was published before she graduated high school. She is a survivor of child sexual abuse and is the force behind Erin's Law, a law passed in 38 states that requires personal body safety taught in public schools.

People magazine named her one of fifteen people changing the world in 2014 along with Oprah and Hillary Clinton. She was named Glamour magazine woman of the year in 2012. She has appeared on Oprah, CNN, Today Show, and Good Morning America, among others.

Erin graduated with her MSW in 2009 and lives in Chicago, IL with her husband and four children.