Dawn Compton and Amanda Schrader

Dawn Compton is a trauma survivor turned trauma nurse. She has been a Registered Nurse over twenty years and holds a Master’s degree in nursing. She is a wife to her husband of over two decades and mother of their two daughters.

She developed a love of writing in her youth as a means of escaping the aftermath of sexual, emotional and spiritual abuse. In 2016, she wrote a simple prayer in a Bible study: for God to use her story to glorify Him. Later that year, she saw the fruit harvested from a backyard Bible club, seventeen years prior, in her unexpected friendship with Amanda Schrader.

𝘕𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 was born in an unconventional way; however, Dawn found that God had been authoring her story and intricately arranging the details all along to glorify Him in the most amazing way.

Amanda Schrader is first and foremost a daughter of Christ and enjoys sharing her love for God with everyone she encounters. She is a licensed practical nurse by trade and plans on furthering her education to become a holistic nurse practitioner. While she has always had an appreciation for writing, she never set out to become a writer, but knew the moment when God called her to do so. Since writing 𝘕𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴, she has discovered a new passion for advocacy and ministry, which gave way to co-authoring a devotional with Dawn entitled 𝘑𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘱. Amanda currently resides in Texas and spends her days caring for her family. She is currently developing a children's series inspired by her two sons and has found a love for Christian song-writing.

Dawn and Amanda established the platform Voice for the Silenced, LLC, through which they share their testimony and resources for other survivors. They both have a passion for advocacy and feel an obligation to advocate for others in a society that previously silenced them. They have served as the keynote speakers for various events and conferences, and were featured in three episodes of the television show "Painful Issues Saving Special You" out of Memphis, which highlights testimonies of people who have overcome painful issues through faith in Jesus Christ. Their joint efforts to spearhead a movement within their community led to the development a non-profit organization to establish a Child Advocacy Center.

Find them on Facebook @nursingthewounds — Voice for the Silenced