Episode 6: Girl in the woods
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On her second day of college, Aspen Matis was raped. She ​reported it to her school, but was shocked by the mediator's ruling. She dropped out and escaped into the woods, and began a gruelling 5 month journey from Mexico to Canada to reclaim her body.
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