Joel speaks with Rebeca in a Denny’s in St. Charles, MO to discuss her early life being introduced to drug use, the physical and mental abuse she endured as a child, her marriages and dream to one day start her own business. Some of the main topics discussed include:

• Her early life around drug use and her own experiences with drugs at a very young age
• The physical and mental abuse Rebeca endured growing up
• Her father’s battle with cancer and eventual death
• How her relationship changed with her father from Rebeca’s childhood to adulthood
• How different Rebeca’s stepfather treated her compared to her siblings
• Some of the odd lessons that Rebeca learned from her stepfather
• Her younger sister’s condition with spina bifida
• The death of her younger sister and her parents conviction of her sister’s death
• Rebeca getting married to her first husband at 16 years old
• Being expelled from high school after getting married and having some disciplinary problems
• Her daughter’s abuse by a man she had befriended and had a relationship with after her 2nd marriage ended
• Her experiences in the gaming community
• How our two-party political system is broken
• Rebeca describes her current financial situation as a disability and ISS recipient
• Rebeca’s views on gun control and education
• Her work on a blind interview technique thesis for a potential business

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