''Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story'' is a 2005 TV film which tells the true story of a former parole officer named

Marilyn Gambrell Marilyn Gambrell is a parole-officer-turned-teacher who started the program '' No More Victims'' at the M.B. Smiley High School in Houston, Texas. The program was developed to assist children with incarcerated parents, hoping to prevent them from ...

, who helped a group of students at M. B. Smiley High School in Houston, Texas, United States. The students had either been raped, sexually harassed and/or beaten by their own parents. Marilyn helped the students learn to fight back for one another and for themselves. For this, she created the

No More Victims No More Victims, founded in 2002, is a 501(c)(3) program that works with the children of incarcerated parents in Houston. The program was founded by former parole officer, Marilyn Gambrell, and addresses the physical, emotional, academic and social ...

program. The film aired on

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. It starred Jami Gertz, Ernie Hudson, Eugene Clark and

Sicily Sewell Sicily Sewell (born October 1, 1985) is an American chef, restaurateur, television producer, and former actress. She is sometimes credited in film or television as simply with a mononym Sicily. Following the birth of two daughters, Sewell beca ...

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