Gina Rivera
Published: 2018-05-16
Total Pages: 45
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When you work as a correctional officer in a maximum security prison, you run the risk of death everyday. You can feel the evil all around. When those gates close behind you, you don't know if you are going to walk out alive at the end of your shift. You learn to really value and appreciate every single second that you have. Gina Marie Rivera has had to literally learn to fight to survive, not because she wanted to, but because she had to. Rivera grew up a victim of sexual abuse from a family member. When she was eleven, she vowed "No More!" and fought back using only her bare hands as weapons. She fought so hard that her would be attacker left her alone. Gina never realized that she would have to fight for her life yet another time. She fought off not only one inmate, but two! Gina saved her life and the life of her male partner, her coworker. Gina is a retired correctional officer who worked in one of the most notorious all male prisons in Southern California. She is excited to share with you her new book, A Woman In A Man's World, and hopes to empower, motivate, and inspire women everywhere, especially her fellow sisters and brothers in green and in law enforcement. Gina is an author, writer, speaker, certified self defense instructor, advocate for the safety of women and children, and a real estate agent. www.GinaMRivera.com