About

Violet Newborn is the founder of Color Your Story Onto Mine (CYSOM), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and Certified Recovery Faith-Based Initiative in Tennessee. Through social artistry, trauma-informed care, and spiritual integration, Violet helps individuals transform isolation into connection, empowering communities impacted by mental health challenges, addiction, homelessness, domestic violence, environmental lead poisoning and sexual violence. She combines her lived experience as a survivor with professional training in recovery, counseling, and faith-based leadership to create spaces where healing, creative expression, and faith intersect. Violet is also an author, speaker, and facilitator of innovative workshops, including Exploring Your Inner Garden and the Color Your Story Onto Mine journal series. Her unique gift lies in her ability to create safe, authentic spaces where people can stand in their truth and rediscover resilience through God’s grace, art, and community.

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