Julia McNeil
Julia McNeil was born and raised in The Family as the eldest of eleven children. She left the group in 1995 at age twenty. The challenges both she and her siblings faced when leaving The Family demonstrated to her first hand the need for support and resources for those leaving high demand organizations.
In 2001, Julia created the online support group MovingOn.org for other young former Family members. This interactive web site provided a place for these Second Generation Adults to safely interact with people who understood the challenges of integration into society and to participate in peer-to-peer support.
Julie McNeil is a founding Director of Safe Passage Foundation, an organization whose goals include providing support and advocacy for people raised in restrictive and isolated communities. She currently works as a Senior Systems Analyst for a pediatric health care and research facility.
