I am a survivor of gun violence, one of the millions of Americans living with the aftershocks of a senseless killing. Every day since my 14-year-old daughter Jasmine was murdered, I work to heal from trauma and all the ways it has altered my life forever.

Part of my healing has been realizing that I am caught in a cycle of victimization that also includes Jasmine’s murderer. He himself was a victim of trauma, and without sufficient access to support services, was set on an all-too-predictable path that led to violence and incarceration.

Victims like me need resources to heal. Victims like him do, too — and the sooner we recognize this, the safer our communities will be. Luckily, Arizona legislators have heard the outcry from crime survivors and are taking a crucial step toward breaking c

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