Marilyn Gambrell is a parole-officer-turned-teacher who started the program '' No More Victims'' at the

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. The program was developed to assist children with incarcerated parents, hoping to prevent them from following in their parents' footsteps. Since the program's start in 1993, hundreds of children have graduated under her tenure. Gambrell is also the author of a series of books entitled ''Cherish the Child Within'', a curriculum used by educators, professionals, and social workers, and has recently completed a series of coloring books entitled ''My Feelings Are Real.'' She was played by

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movie '' Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story''.

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