Deena Urrutia is the author of Stained Glass Window: From Shattered Pieces to Light, a deeply personal memoir about childhood trauma, family chaos, survival, and the long road toward healing.

Raised in Manhattan Beach, California, Deena writes with honesty, reflection, and emotional clarity about the pieces of a life that were broken — and the strength it takes to keep reaching for light.

Through her story, she hopes to remind readers who have been misunderstood, silenced, abandoned, or left behind that they were never born bad, and that survival was never weakness.