Local woman turns troubled childhood into outreach project

Austin Dave
July 18, 2017
5:21 pm

A Santa Clarita woman is using a childhood of torment to bring others out of the shadows of bullying. Meet Mia Francovich, the creator of Modeling Perfectly Imperfect.

Multimedia Journalist Samie Gebers and Intern Emily Giordano contributed to this report.

Austin Dave

Austin Dave is an award-winning multimedia journalist. He heads The Signal's video news operations while reporting on the Santa Clarita Valley's most impacting topics.

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