THERESA FLORES
“I was a normal every-day girl living in the suburbs. I was part of a nice family. I was a good kid. I got good grades, was a good athlete...”
Jerome Elam
“Following my parents’ divorce, my mother and I were set adrift on a sea of dysfunction. When I was five, my mother began a relationship with a man named Neale.”
Kaleilani Grant
“Hawaii is a place where every branch of Service in the U.S. military is represented. We have large events such as the Pro Bowl and… RIMPAC.”
Tina Frundt
“When I was 13, I met an older guy who lived in our neighborhood. He was nice to me, and I bonded with him and trusted him.”
Kumar
“I come from a small city in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India. One day I saw an ad in the newspaper for a U.S. company that was recruiting for Army jobs in Afghanistan.”
James Dold
“Sometimes wolves wear sheep’s clothing. In my case, the wolf came dressed as a devoted wife and mother of another young Cub Scout from my troop.”
Ronny Marty
“I heard from friends about a recruiter who was coming to the Dominican Republic (DR) to find workers for large U.S. hotels and other hospitality companies.”
Carlos Dimas
“I grew up in El Salvador, raised by a courageous single Mom and an alcoholic father who used violence to deal with stress”.
Tanya Gould
“I met my trafficker when I was still in high school. We dated for four months – he doted on me, gave me presents, brought me flowers, took me shopping.”
Ishmeal Charles
“One summer, the rebels attacked Kono two weeks after I arrived. They made me a laborer and I was forced to carry heavy loads of stolen loot from town to town.”
Lusambu Karim
“Twenty-one Ugandans (including myself) were sent to Afghanistan in June 2018. We spent two months in Bagram transit area where we were...”
SHELBY THOMPSON
“After I was trafficked, and still at times to this day, I’m sorry to say, when I think of the military, I get fearful and anxious and many other negative emotions.”
Barbara Amaya
“I grew up in Fairfax Virginia until the age of 12. After that, I finished my childhood years being brutally sex trafficked in the streets of Washington, D.C. and New York City.”