Author: Buddy Beachey

By Buddy Beachey – After the shattering of her parents’ happy family facade, Elisea Valle fell into drinking, partying and fornication as a way to dull her pain. “I became very bitter and angry towards my parents, and I kind of took on the independent mindset, like, No one’s gonna tell me what to do,” Elisea says on Faith with Vivian. “My parents weren’t there for me; they didn’t give me any direction, so I’m going to give myself direction.” In terms of economics, her family from Riverside, CA, was stable. They went on vacations together, went to Catholic mass…