Rosaura's Legacy

05/16/2026

Nontoxic Squad 💕

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Healthy friendship. Healthy love. Healthy energy.

This is more than a sticker. It’s a reminder that respect, loyalty, honesty, boundaries, and peace still matter. In memory of Rosaura, we’re choosing healthy connections and walking away from toxicity.

If you protect your peace, support your friends, communicate honestly, respect boundaries, and choose love that feels safe… you’re already part of the Nontoxic Squad. 🫶

What’s one red flag you think people should never ignore in friendships or relationships? ⬇️

05/15/2026

The Nontoxic Squad movement was created in memory of Rosaura to encourage healthy relationships and healing

05/14/2026

This National Pet Month, we want to honor the love, comfort, and healing that pets bring into our lives especially during the hardest moments.

For many survivors of domestic violence, pets are not “just animals.” They are family. They are comfort during fear, unconditional love during pain, and sometimes the reason someone finds the strength to keep going.

At Rosaura’s Legacy, this month is also deeply personal. Rosaura’s love for her dog Gizmo is one of the many reasons this mission means so much to us. Gizmo continues to be a reminder of the bond, love, and comfort pets bring into our lives every single day.

Too many victims stay in dangerous situations because they are afraid of what will happen to the animals they love. That is why we continue dreaming, planning, and advocating for a future where survivors never have to choose between their safety and their pets.

This National Pet Month, we celebrate the animals who help us heal, who stay beside us through grief and joy, and who become part of our families forever. ❤️🐾

05/10/2026

05/07/2026

Rosaura Barbosa
02/15/2000 - 05/06/2018

Gone due to teen dating violence/domestic violence

She broke up with him. He killed her.

When asked why he did it, he said “I couldn’t live without her.”

He was sentenced to 21 years with time served. He will be out in 13 years, she will never be back.

05/06/2026

Eight years ago today, our daughter, Rosaura Barbosa, was taken from us due to domestic violence and teen dating violence. She was 18 years old.

Eight years.
Eight years of waking up and remembering.
Eight years of learning how to breathe through something that never should have happened.

The pain does not go away.
It doesn’t get easier.
You just learn how to carry it while still showing up for life.

Rosaura was everything good in this world.
She was kind, caring, and full of light.
She helped people without hesitation.
She loved deeply and wasn’t afraid to show it.

She was proud to be our daughter, and we are forever proud to be her parents.

Rosaura ended the relationship.
She deserved to be safe. She deserved to live!

We carry her with us every single day
in everything we do,
in this work,
in the way we love. In the way we live.

Today, we honor our daughter
her life, her light, and the love that will never leave.

🤍

05/05/2026

Today we honor Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP).

Indigenous women, men, girls, boys, and Two-Spirit relatives are going missing and being murdered at alarming rates and far too often, their cases are not given the urgency, attention, or justice they deserve.

At Rosaura’s Legacy, we stand in solidarity with Indigenous communities. We know that violence is not experienced equally, and we cannot do this work without naming the systemic inequities, historical trauma, and gaps in response that continue to put Indigenous people at greater risk.

This is more than awareness.
This is about justice.
This is about accountability.
This is about refusing to let these lives be forgotten.

Wear red in their honor today.
For those who are missing.
For those we have lost.
For the families still searching for answers.

We see you.
We hear you.
We stand with you

04/28/2026

Healing doesn’t mean you’re “over it.”

It means you’re learning how to carry it differently.

There are days when grief is loud.
There are days when it’s quiet.
And there are days when it turns into purpose.

This work, this space, this community, it’s part of how I keep going.

If you’re in a hard season right now, just know:
you don’t have to have it all figured out.
Just take the next step.

We’re still here. 💜

04/25/2026

After the recognition this week, I’ve been thinking a lot about the people who don’t always get seen.

I get recognized a lot for the work I do in domestic violence advocacy in memory of my daughter, Rosaura. And I’m grateful for that… but there’s someone who doesn’t get recognized the way he should.

Joe.

He’s not just my husband and support system.
He’s an advocate too.
And he’s Rosaura’s dad.

He has stood right next to me when we were helping victims get to safety, even in dangerous situations, when things weren’t safe and we had to move quickly. He didn’t just support the work… he did the work.

And he still does.

He mentors men who are trying to change.
He has hard conversations most people walk away from.
He speaks up when he sees domestic abuse.
He calls men out when he sees mistreatment.
He shows up, every time.

Everything he does, he does in memory of Rosaura.

People may see me, but they don’t always see him.
And the truth is, I wouldn’t be able to do any of this without him.

Today, I just want to say, we see you, Joe. And we thank you. I love you and I know Saura would be proud.

04/21/2026

Today, our founder April Barbosa was honored with the Triumph Over Tragedy Award by the Governor of Arizona.

This recognition is not just about one person, it represents every survivor, every family impacted by domestic violence, and every life lost too soon.

Rosaura’s story continues to drive this work. Her kindness, her strength, and her love for others live on through every effort to create safer communities.

We will continue advocating, educating, and standing with survivors, because this work matters, and lives depend on it.

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