Inspirational Women In Hollywood: How Sabrina Greenlee of SMOOOTH Is Helping To Shake Up The Entertainment Industry

Inspirational Women In Hollywood: How Sabrina Greenlee of SMOOOTH Is Helping To Shake Up The Entertainment Industry

As a part of our series about Inspirational Women In Hollywood, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Sabrina Greenlee.

Sabrina Greenlee is the mother of NFL star DeAndre Hopkins and a survivor of domestic violence. When Hopkins was 12 years, she was hit by a mixture of bleach and lye thrown at her by “the other woman” and left for dead by a gas station.

Greenlee is the daughter of an alcoholic father along with a mother addicted to crack cocaine. Greenlee had been involved in domestically abusive relationships since she was 14 years. Greenlee had married and then divorced her first abuser, but went on to have 3 other abusive relationships, resulting in her 4 children.

Greenlee says that after the acid attack she fell into a deep depression as well as drank heavily for 4 years until she was exhausted by it all.

She resolved to break the cycle of abuse and addiction — and break it she did. Greenlee created and founded the non-profit S.M.O.O.O.T.H., Inc., which stands for Speaking Mentally, Outwardly Opening Opportunities Toward Healing. The mission of S.M.O.O.O.T.H. is to educate and empower women, children as well as families dealing with domestic violence through education, mentoring, counseling, lectures, and outreach activities.

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