Founder. Divorce and Family Mediator. Author. Builder.

Zenda-Lee
Williams

I see gaps. I break code.
I keep going until it works.

People arrive here for different reasons. Some know me through RISE. Some have read my writing. Others are curious about the things I build with AI and technology. All of those are part of who I am.

I founded RISE Against Domestic Violence SA. I am a Divorce and Family Mediator, a writer, and a survivor. My passion for survivors comes from lived experience. I know why it matters to be heard, to understand what is happening, and to find people and systems that can actually help. My work is also growing into other areas that I care deeply about.

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01 RISE

People and systems

RISE and the work behind it

I founded RISE, but I have never carried its work alone. Volunteers and professionals have brought their time, knowledge and care to it. I have spent years working on the systems behind what people see, because a good intention is only the beginning. The information, the people and the processes all have to hold together when someone needs them.

That experience changed how I look at almost everything. I notice where people get lost, where language causes confusion, and where a process works on paper but fails in real life. Once I see the gap, I find it difficult to leave it there.

500K+Combined followers and group members across my social media presence
82MPeak reach on a single post
200MTop educational distribution reach

Reach figures are from Meta since 2020.

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02 WRITING

May 2025 was the beginning

Why I write

I started writing in May 2025, and I was scared to let people see it. Some things are difficult to say plainly, especially when they are personal. I began anyway.

Writing has helped me heal. It has given me a way to make sense of what I have lived through and to say what I actually think. Sometimes my words are gentle. Sometimes they are blunt. They are mine, and I want them to stay that way.

My Work is where I share my original writing and the different series I create. Just my thoughts on a notepad is one of those series.

Author

A Domestic Violence Survivor's Guide Through Complex PTSD

I published this book independently online, and it has been downloaded more than 140,000 times. I wrote it from the intersection of lived experience, years of survivor advocacy, trauma informed practice and the thousands of conversations behind my work.

I did not write it to explain survivors to outsiders. I wrote it for the person living inside the aftermath and trying to understand what happened to their mind, body, relationships and sense of self.

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03 TECHNOLOGY

Curiosity turned into tools

Why I build

I love AI and technology because I can see what becomes possible when a tool is shaped around a real need. I built zen. after spending too much time moving between tools and correcting language that did not sound like me. It brings writing and visuals together in a system I have spent months refining around my voice, with particular care for the language used in survivor related work.

I have learned by doing. I have broken code, gone back to understand it, and tried again. Developers have generously offered guidance, and I have taken that guidance into the work myself. I am proud of what I have made, and I know I still have a great deal to learn.

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Technology resources and platforms
Goodstack Google for Nonprofits Microsoft Slack NordVPN Cloudflare Project Galileo TechSoup Canva for Nonprofits Squarespace Anthropic OpenAI Make.com
04 METHOD

The way I work

I stay with the problem.

If I do not know something, I learn. If someone knows more than I do, I ask. If a sentence is wrong, a process fails, or the code does not work, I stay with it. I want the result to make sense outside my own head and work for the person who has to use it.

Where to go next

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01AI & TechnologyExplore the tools, systems and ideas I am building. 02My WorkRead my writing and original series. 03ContactGet in touch if my work connects with yours.

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