Created by portrait artist Kendra Greenberg, Becoming is a fine-art portrait project, gallery exhibition, and coffee table book honoring women whose lives have been shaped by interpersonal violence or sexual assault, and women whose work places them on the front lines of care, healing, advocacy, and support, while raising funds for the Center for Assault Treatment Services.
Kendra created Becoming as part of her ongoing commitment to use portraiture in service of women and causes that matter. The project will bring together women whose lives have been shaped by interpersonal violence or sexual assault, and women whose work places them on the front lines of care, healing, advocacy, and support whose lives and work reflect resilience, purpose, and growth.
This is not a project about retelling trauma. It is about who these women are now, what they carry forward, and the strength, joy, leadership, and possibility they bring into the world.
Through the portraits, exhibition, and coffee table book, Kendra is raising funds for the Center for Assault Treatment Services and helping bring greater visibility to its work.
The Center for Assault Treatment Services is a program of Dignity Health – Northridge Hospital that provides compassionate, specialized care for children and adults affected by interpersonal violence.
Its forensic nurse examiners offer medical care, injury assessment, forensic examinations, evidence collection, referrals, and follow-up support in a safe environment. Services are available free of charge, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Kendra Greenberg is a Los Angeles portrait artist who creates expressive, art-directed photographs of women. She conceived Becoming from a desire to use her work to celebrate women, support meaningful causes, and raise funds for organizations doing essential work in the community.
Gina D’Aquilla leads the Center for Assault Treatment Services and serves as a forensic nurse examiner. Her expertise and partnership help ensure the project reflects the work of CATS with care, accuracy, and respect for the survivors and professionals it serves.
You may nominate yourself or someone you know. We are looking for women whose lives, work, leadership, or personal growth embody the spirit of Becoming.
Women whose lives have been shaped by interpersonal violence or sexual assault, and women whose work places them on the front lines of care, healing, advocacy, and support. No one will be asked to separate personal experience from professional identity or share anything they do not wish to discuss.
This may include women working in clinical care, advocacy, crisis response, law enforcement, education, nonprofit leadership, healing work, or community service, including those with lived experience of their own.
Submitting a nomination does not guarantee selection. Every nomination will be reviewed with care and discretion.
Please do not share private details about another person’s experience without her permission.