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Biography
Jennifer Storm (born May 7, 1975) is an author who has written about alcohol and drug addiction and recovery.
Storm began drinking at the age of 12 and became an alcoholic by the time she was 15. She has written two memoirs, Blackout Girl: Growing Up and Drying Out in America and Leave the Light On. Besides writing, Storm is also the head of the Victim/Witness Assistance Program in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Storm was appointed by then-Governor Tom Corbett to serve as the Victim Advocate of the Commonwealth of PA. She was unanonmously confirmed by the PA Senate and sworn in for a six-year term on December 20, 2013.
Storm was an outspoken victim advocate on the Jerry Sandusky case, having been the advocate for many of his victims.
Storm appeared on various national talk shows, radion programs, newspapers and magazine articles including The Today Show, World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer, People Magazine
Early life and education
Storm was born and raised near Allentown, Pennsylvania and attended Northampton Area High School. She graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation Services and a Master's Degree in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix.
Blackout Girl: Growing Up and Drying Out in America
Storm's first book, Blackout Girl: Growing Up and Drying Out in America, was published in 2008 by Hazelden. The book discusses alcohol and sexual abuse in the LGBT community. The Memoir was voted one of the best top forty adult nonfiction books published in 2008 by the Pennsylvanian School Librarians Association.