Turning up the star power wattage, Courtney Santana lights upevery stage she ascends. Her evoluton as a singer / songwriter springs from alove for expressing herself through song. “I don’t trust anybody that says theydon’t like music. That’s weird.” And her activism for survivors of intimatepartner violence comes from her lived experience. “Every day that you get outof the hands of your abusive situation is another day to grow – another day tomake a change for yourself for the better.”