Advance Your Art: From Artist To Creative Entrepreneur

MEET TORAH BONTRAGER Torah Bontrager (BON-tray-grrrr), raised Amish, grew up with no electricity and cars, and speaks English as a second language. She literally escaped in the middle of the night at age 15, with only what she could carry: the clothes on her back and $170 in her pocket. She’s the author of https://amzn.to/2vuqDUc (An Amish Girl in Manhattan: Escaping at Age 15, Breaking All the Rules, and Feeling Safe Again) (a memoir) and the first, and so far only, Amish person to graduate from the Ivy League. Her story’s been featured on MTV, Tim Ferriss’ blog, Forbes.com, and HuffPost, among other outlets. Torah’s journey of growth and self-empowerment took her through nearly 30 countries, a 3-year break from college, and a philosophy degree for answers about why bad things happen to good people. In the process, she learned to take back her voice and feel safe again, despite C-PTSD (post-traumatic stress from childhood trauma), Stockholm syndrome, and attacks on her life. She had given up everything—famil