383 Rhode Island St., Ste. #304
San Francisco, CA 94103
1-415-252-8900
Girls Educational & Mentoring Services
1-212-926-8089
Love Is Respect.Org
National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
1-866-331-9474
TTY 1-866-331-8453
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Charles B. Wang International
Children’s Building
699 Prince St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
Hotline: 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)
Generaclass="underline" 1-703-224-2150
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
1120 Lincoln Street, Ste. 1603
Denver, CO 80203
1-303-839-1852
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
PO Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
1-800-851-3420
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233 (SAFE)
TTY 1-800-787-3224
National Human Trafficking Resource Center
1-888-373-7888
National Network to End
Domestic Violence
2001 S St. NW, Ste. 400
Washington, DC 20009
1-202-543-5566
National Organization for Victim Assistance
510 King St., Ste. 424
Alexandria, VA 22314
Hotline: 1-800-TRY-NOVA (1-800-879-6682)
Generaclass="underline" 1-703-535-NOVA (6682)
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
6400 Flank Dr., Ste. 1300
Harrisburg, PA 17112
1-800-537-2238, ext. 5
National Runaway Switchboard
3080 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657
1-800-RUNAWAY (1-800-786-2929)
Polaris Project
PO Box 53315
Washington, DC 20009
1-202-745-1001
Rape, Abuse, Incest, National Network
2000 L Street, NW
Suite 406
Washington, DC 20036
Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
Online hotline: ohl.rainn.org/online.rainn.org
RunawayTeens.org
734 Jefferson Ave. #5
Miami Beach, FL 33139
1-786-317-8774
The National Center for Victims of Crime
2000 M St. NW, Ste. 480
Washington, DC 20036
1-800-FYI-CALL
E.S.T.E.A.M.
Empowering Successful Teens through Education, Awareness & Mentoring
Dawn Schiller: dawn@empowerteens.com
About the Author
Dawn Schiller was fifteen years old in 1976, when she met thirty-two-year-old porn star John Holmes. Holmes courted Dawn, had sex with her, and manipulated her with drugs and alcohol. Holmes physically and emotionally abused Dawn for several years. After the famed Wonderland murders in 1981, they fled to Florida, where she ultimately broke free and turned him over to the police.
Dawn eventually relocated to northern California and finally to the Pacific Northwest, where she now lives with her daughter. In addition to being a devoted mother, Dawn has worked as an associate producer and consultant on the movie Wonderland (she was portrayed by actress Kate Bosworth; John Holmes was played by Val Kilmer).
Dawn is adamant about relating her story with the hope that any other young teen won’t fall into the same hell that she did. She has developed a national presentation titled “Our Throwaway Teens—Who Are They and How Can We Help?” to raise awareness of the vulnerabilities of teens growing up in abusive and neglectful environments. Dawn educates audiences about what a teen might be experiencing internally when targeted and groomed by a predator, how to identify a young victim in trouble, pedophile seduction techniques, and the use of drugs to manipulate and trap a victim. She gives an inside view of what it’s like to be a “throwaway teen” and how we, as a community, can help. Dawn is also excited to announce E.S.T.E.A.M., Empowering Successful Teens through Education, Awareness & Mentoring, a newly registered nonprofit dedicated to assisting teens who are struggling to find a safe and successful path to adulthood.
Today, Dawn is the proud parent of a beautiful daughter. She works full time at a university in the arts and science department, is on the committee to revise the university’s sexual harassment policy, and is a member of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW). Nationally she is a member of the education committee and is an advisory board member for the National Center of Victims of Crime as well as a TTEC consultant for the Office for Victims of Crime out of Washington, D.C. She is an advisory board member for The Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center as well as Voices Set Free. She presented for End Violence Against Women International (EVAW) in 2010 and represented Val Kilmer in New York for the Volvo For Life Awards in both 2006 and 2008. But most importantly, Dawn has spent the last six years completing her memoir, The Road Th rough Wonderland. Nominated for the R.O.S.E. (Regaining One’s Self-Esteem) award in 2007, 2008, and 2009, and the Sunshine Peace Award in 2010, Dawn has been abstinent from drugs and alcohol for many years.
For information on Dawn or her book, or to have Dawn speak at your event, please contact her at ESTEAM.one@gmail.com.
Praise for The Road Through Wonderland
“Dawn has survived. This book is a testimony to her will to overcome. As we wrote, shot, and cut Wonderland, she allowed us absolute transparency on a darkness few ever experience. She understood hers was a story that had to be told, not just as a cautionary tale against the horrors of violence and abuse, but as a beacon leading others in her predicament out of peril. This book is her triumph, but the narrative weaved within these pages is a true nightmare that will haunt you, as it did me, for years.”