Editor’s Note: This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities and their impact on our region. The series builds on The Star’s efforts to improve coverage of local communities. Do you know someone we should interview? Share ideas with our reporter J.M. Banks.
When Crystal Ellison was young, bullying was often dismissed as a childhood rite of passage. Growing up in Wyandotte County, she endured verbal bullying that quietly eroded her confidence, an experience she believed time and progress would eventually erase.
Decades later, she watched her daughter face the same insults and emotional harm, underscoring how little had changed. In the way bullying is addressed in schools and communities…