Representative Brandon Guffey - “Tomorrow Needs You: A Father’s Journey Turning Pain Into Purpose” - Ep. 3169

Join our host, Bernadette Fiaschetti, in welcoming Rep. Brandon Guffey. He is a South Carolina State Representative, entrepreneur, and nationally recognized advocate for child online safety. His advocacy began not in politics, but in tragedy—after his son, Gavin, died as a victim of online sextortion.

Refusing to let his son’s story end in silence, Rep. Guffey lead the effort to pass Gavin’s Law, strengthening penalties for online explotation and elevating awareness around sextortion and digital threats facing youth.

“Tomorrow Needs You” tells the story of South Carolina State Representative Brandon Guffey, who lost his son Gavin to suicide after a sextortion attack in July 2022. Guffey transformed his family’s incredible loss and pain into a m ission to protect children, educate parents, and hold Bib Tech accountable.

He is the founder of “Less Than 3”, a non-profit dedicated to education, prevention, and support for families navigating online harms.

Rep. Guffey’s perspective is shaped by grief, lived experience, and real legislative outcomes.His messages are raw, honest, and focused on action, challenging parents, policymakers, leach leaders, and communities to confront the realities kids face online and to do something about it.

Rep. Guffey has been awarded South Carolina Republican Party Legislator of the Year, South Carolina Human Trafficking Task Force Advocate of the Year, and IAFCI Cyber Investigator of the Year for 2025.

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About Bernadette Fiaschetti, Host & Founder of One Life Radio and Kind Hearts Media:This article in Voyage Dallas highlights Bernadette Fiaschetti’s extensive entrepreneurial and philanthropic background, showcasing her journey from co-founding major restaurant concepts like Wingstop and Pizza Patrón to launching impactful wellness, media, and advocacy platforms.

Bernadette, a mama bear, is known for a lot of things, but mostly for her love of all animals, including us. In January 2026 she started another non-profit that is a billboard initiative with messaging specifically to encourage us to be kind to all living things, Kind Hearts Media.org. Presently, she has billboards running in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth area, the greater Houston area, Southern Florida, and in the greater Washington D.C./Maryland area. Her goal is to end animal cruelty and suffering across the nation.