Darlene Lekowski, resilience speaker, bestselling author, and survivor advocate, with shoulder-length blonde hair wears earbuds, a light pink shirt. She is sitting at a desk with a microphone, a laptop, and a notepad.

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Darlene Lekowski has been featured in hundreds of publications and on 50+ podcasts. Here is a sample of her recent media appearance and press coverage.

Darlene Lekowski: Survivors Solidarity March speech

Washington, DC · September 26, 2026

Darlene Lekowski speaks with other survivor leaders and advocate organizations at our nations’ capital demonstrating that laws must be changed to protect survivors and that all survivors must be seen, heard and believed.

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Darlene’s Story: Shattering Silence | The Survivors Trust

For much of my life, I believed I had an idyllic childhood. I grew up the youngest of five children in a close-knit Midwestern family.

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How Darlene Lekowski turned a 50-year secret into a leadership movement | MSN

Darlene Lekowski transforms decades of personal reflection into a bestselling memoir and advocacy platform focused on resilience, truth, and leadership.

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Darlene Lekowski’s Debut Memoir “Shattering Silence” Reaches #1 Amazon Bestseller Status Across Multiple Categories

Shattering Silence: A Story of Survival, Justice, and the Power of Telling the Truth explores the long-term effects of childhood trauma, identity formation, and healing.

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Shattering Silence and Finding Justice with Darlene Lekowski and Jessica Buchanan | How to Survive Survival

After fifty years of silence surrounding the Sibling Sexual Trauma and Abuse (SSTA) she endured as a child, Darlene found her voice and chose to stand in her truth—ultimately prevailing in a civil lawsuit brought against her by her own brother.

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Her Brothers SAed Her, One Tried to Silence Her with a Lawsuit | Beyond the Monsters Podcast with Chell Bane

Darlene Lekowski was sexually abused by two of her older brothers beginning at just 7 years old, carrying the trauma in silence for more than five decades while building a life that looked perfect from the outside.

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She Stayed Silent for 50 Years… Then Took Her Abuser to Court with Morgan Huelsman

What began as childhood trauma inflicted by two of her siblings turned into a lifetime of silence, survival, and hidden pain. But when that silence finally broke, it set off a chain of events no one could have expected...

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