This year’s event will feature a keynote address, presented by Valley Children’s Healthcare, from Rachel Baskin, a local Deputy District Attorney, domestic violence survivor, mother, and advocate. Sharing her extraordinary and personal journey from trauma to triumph — attendees can expect a candid and moving conversation, moderated by retired NFL quarterback and Fresno State alum, David Carr.
Rachel’s journey to the courtroom began with blood on the floor, a splint on her hand, and stitches running across her throat. At 23, she was a young mother trying to leave an emotionally and financially abusive marriage when her estranged husband launched a violent attack that would make headlines in 2009. Her brother was shot in the head. Her mother’s throat was slashed. Rachel was shot in the head and had her throat cut. Miraculously, all three survived.
