Monica Singh was a beautiful 19-year-old women growing up in India when a horrific event occurred. Unbeknown to her, acid would be thrown on her face by an obsessed suitor because she would not marry him. Her perpetrators, though, did not know the strength Singh was made of. Since, what they did to her actually made her even more beautiful and determined than she ever was prior to the attack.
I first communicated with Singh after reading about her story on Facebook Link There she describes herself as a, “Motivational Personality, Speaker, Humanitarian, Acid Attack Survivor, Speaker at UN, Global Youth Champion of UN Women.” So, I reached out to her through LinkedIn Link and she graciously let me interview her.
Singh shared that it was her family, and in particular her father, Mahendra Singh, who helped her heal and endure through 46 surgeries, not to leave out her own “will to live.” In her father’s honor, Singh founded the Mahendra Singh Foundation Its purpose? To “help victims of physical and sexual abuse, acid attacks, rape and domestic violence in rebuilding their confidence and strength on their journey to becoming survivors.”