Marissa

And the first thing that she told me to do was to go talk to my college.

There's what's called the Title IX office, and they are supposed to help with an array of different things.

They would be able to give me resources to help my emotional state and that they would also be able to walk me to my car after school so I felt safe.

They'd be able to email my professors so that I could have extra time if I didn't think that I was going to be able to do school after such a traumatic event.

She basically was explaining them as someone that's

really just supposed to help me.

They will give you your next steps.

After the hospital, I called, I made an appointment with UVU's Title IX office.

This was the first thing that I did.

The detective hadn't called me yet.

Initially going into the meeting with UVU, I didn't bring anyone with me because I thought these people were there to help me.

I was very wrong about that.

I went into YouView's Title IX office and I went into a room with a man and a woman who was standing in the back.

I told him what had happened and I'm always putting on a brave face.

I am not really able to cry in front of people.

It's just not something that my body lets me do.

So I'm explaining it to him very matter of fact.

I was telling him, I don't know what the best route to go is.

I don't know if I should go talk to the police.

I don't know if I should just go talk to his family.