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Anina Swan is a retired art teacher, child advocate, women’s advocate, author, blogger, and public speaker. Her professional background focused on teaching art as well as writing art curriculum for both private and public schools, kindergarten through twelfth grade. Anina attributes her passion to encourage children through after-school activities, coaching gymnastics, soccer, and skiing, teaching summer art programs as well as serving on staff at a children’s cancer camp, to her own traumatic experiences as a survivor of life-threatening childhood abuse and healing to thrive after crisis. Anina currently speaks and advocates for women victims of crime at women’s conferences and focus groups as well as maintains a blog and website that emerged from her memoir, for her Alligator in the Ocean followers, hosting discussions of critical issues such as crimes against children, child abuse, human trafficking, depression, guilt, and intrusive self-harm thoughts—all of which, she believes, can be overcome through healing and living a life of victory with the goal of being able to move forward stronger and wiser. Anina Studied at Concordia College in Portland and Chico State University. She serves as the chief operating officer of Anina Swan LLC, an advocacy group, which she manages along with her husband, to help children who are victims of crime and their families.
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    • Alligator in the Ocean

    • A Family’s Fight to Stop a Serial Predator and Their Determination to Heal
    • Written by: Anina Swan
    • Narrated by: Anina Swan
    • Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 2026-05-26
    • Language: English
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