About Me

Dr. Cynthia Sutherland (Dr.CyS®) is a Child Sexual Abuse Victor, Public Speaker, Author, and Educator who provides resources with time and space for sexual abuse survivors to overcome mental, emotional, and spiritual barriers.   

Transitioning from being a teenage mom on welfare, single mom of a black male, 2-time college dropout, an Army Veteran, and a woman in a male-dominated career, Dr.CyS deciphered the mental, emotional, and spiritual barriers to overcome triggers from childhood sexual abuse. She simplified the complex challenges of surviving childhood sexual abuse into a framework, A.F.T.R., to help others heal. 

The framework and resources in her new book, Letters to My Brown Girls, gave her strength, motivation, and inspiration to heal past a 70-year generational curse of childhood sexual abuse, successfully serve as a U.S. Representative and Global Chair of a multinational military security board with NATO, complete her Doctorate in Cybersecurity as a wife and mom, and become a member of the U.S. Senior Executive Service Corp as FEMA’s Chief Information Security Officer.  

Through her nonprofit company, Hidn Trezher, Dr.CyS® empowers childhood sexual abuse survivors and the people who love them with global, innovative private and public support services, sexual assault awareness events, and more. Services include Sexual Assault Program Development for religious organizations, employer sexual assault awareness training development for victims, “Give Me Your Hand” Workshops, and “Permission to Heal” Seminars.  

Dr. CyS enjoys life as a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Robotics Coach with Metro Warriors STEM Organization, and woman of faith in the Washington, DC area. 

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