Founder's Story

Why I’m Fighting Back

Before The Echo Movement existed, there was just me — broken, isolated, and searching for a reason to keep going. This story is where it all began.

What you’re about to read isn’t easy. It’s raw. It’s painful. It’s real. I’m sharing it not for sympathy, but for solidarity — because someone out there is living a version of what I went through. And they deserve to know they’re not alone.

If you’ve ever been bullied, manipulated, silenced, or ignored — this story is for you.

Born from Adversity. Built for Change.

My name is Kaitlin, and I’m not just the founder of The Echo Movement — I’m its first survivor.

In 2024, I was forced to flee my home state of Arizona for my safety. After enduring months of relentless bullying, stalking, harassment, and abuse by people I once loved and trusted — including my own mother, sister, former friends, ex-boyfriends, and even members of the local Catholic community — I hit my breaking point.

What made it worse was realizing the betrayal went even deeper: doctors I turned to for help were not just complicit — they were participating. I now live with severe PTSD and find it difficult to trust anyone in the healthcare system.

But the story didn’t start there.

A Lifetime of Silence

I was bullied by my older sister from a very young age — mocked, humiliated, physically harmed, and emotionally shattered. My cries for help were dismissed. I was told to “get over it” or that “it’s just how she is.”

As the years passed, the bullying escalated. My mother, who I confided in, betrayed me too — exposing private details and triangulating me against my sister. When I finally cut ties for my own safety, the retaliation was swift and dangerous.

I was stalked, followed, slandered, and nearly run over — while they filmed it, laughing. I went to the police. I reached out to people I thought were friends. No one believed me. I was told to repent — for being a victim.

What It Did to Me

The trauma left me shattered. It took nearly a year just to become functional again — to start breathing, trusting, and dreaming. I was battling PTSD, isolation, and the crushing weight of not being believed.

But I survived.

And that’s where The Echo Movement began — not from strategy, not from a business plan, but from the raw, desperate need to make sure no one else is ever erased the way I was.

The Pain of Silence

Bullying isn’t just kids in a hallway name-calling. It can look like:

Your manager handing you drugs and sabotaging your career.
Your family gaslighting you until you question your sanity.
Community leaders using gossip as a weapon.
Doctors failing — or choosing — not to protect you.

It’s fear. It’s isolation. It’s silence. And that silence almost killed me.

Why The Echo Movement Matters

I wanted to build what I didn’t have — a safe space, a support system, a way to be heard. Something real. Something immediate. Something that could save lives.

That’s why I’m creating The Echo Movement.

We’re developing a platform to help survivors like me:

Document what’s happening
Get trauma-informed support
Hold people and institutions accountable
Feel seen, believed, and protected

Some development details will remain private, for now. But I promise you: this platform will change lives. And it might even save them.

We’re a movement — to empower, to heal, and to connect.

This Is Personal.
This Is Bigger Than Me.

The longer we wait, the more people suffer in silence. I’ve lived that pain — and I made it out. Now, I’m fighting for everyone still trapped inside it.

The Echo Movement is my answer to the pain. My way of reclaiming power — and giving it to others.

If you’re reading this and you feel alone, invisible, or broken: I see you. You matter. And you’re not alone anymore.