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...”