Guadalupe felt she had nowhere to turn.

At the nursery where she worked, her supervisor would say sexual things to her and ask her to have sex with him. He would kiss and touch her against her wishes.

This treatment grew worse until he threatened her at knifepoint.

She was scared. Guadalupe came from Mexico and did not know much about U.S. law. As far as she knew, the company did not have a process to file a sexual harassment complaint.

She didn't know how to make her supervisor stop and she could no longer continue working under these conditions.

Eventually, she left her job.

When she learned about her legal rights, she filed a complaint for sexual harassment with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

"[I took action] because when my daughter would ask me why I was crying and I told her it was nothing, she would say that I should tell her dad and her because they love me a lot," Guadalupe said. "Seeing my daughter, who was so little, telling me that, I knew that I had to do something."

After the agency investigation, Guadalupe sued the company in court. Eventually she reached a confidential settlement. She now believes the company will treat other women better in the future.