Santana previously revealed he'd been sexually abused 'almost every day' from the ages of 10 to 12 (via toofab)
Santana shared that his goal in coming forward with his full, unvarnished story is to offer"hope and courage to people." He equates it to a life lesson he learned as a child:"Offer a heartfelt tug to the listener and validate their existence."
He also spoke about applying that same idea of seeing everyone as a child to himself, even as his own childhood is many years behind him. Doing so has opened up a whole new sense of joyfulness, allowing him to finally enjoy his career successes. He admitted that there were times he felt suffocated by it.
"Now everything's a fun time because there’s still a 7-year-old Carlos in me that looks at life like, 'What are we going to get into today?'" he shared."I'm just starting, and everything has prepared me for this."The National Sexual Assault Hotline
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