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A young woman who was abused by her family’s nanny for six years will begin a fifteen hundred mile walk across Florida on Saturday to raise awareness of child sexual abuse. Lauren Book is also pushing legislation that would require public and private universities to report abuses like those that occurred at Penn State and other schools or face penalties. She says education is also important because, when asked, children draw unrealistic pictures of dangerous people.

“The stranger is somebody with a knife, a gun, who’s robbing them, with a mask on, who’s dirty, and will hurt them,” Book said. “The reality is, we all know, 90 percent of the time, children are abused by someone they know, love, and trust. And that’s why this curriculum is so important.”

This is the third year Book has walked the state to increase awareness of child sexual abuse.