Leigha Shoup is the Director of the Child Advocacy Center of West Central Ohio. She holds a Master’s of Science degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from Southern Illinois University. Leigha is the secretary of the Northwest Ohio Rescue & Restore Coalition and the Vice President of the ONCAC board of directors.
Read MoreJaymelee Kim is a political, legal, and forensic anthropologist, specializing in human rights interventions and justice frameworks, and she sits on the Northwest Ohio Rescue and Restore Coalition’s Hancock County Chapter board. She has worked with survivors of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools, the Ugandan war, and domestic human trafficking.
Read MoreDr. Charles Hounmenou is an assistant professor of social work at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has substantial research experience on human trafficking. In 2014, he conducted three studies on child sex trafficking in West Africa. He is currently doing a study on child sex trafficking in Chicago, IL.
Read MoreTheresa Flores is a sex trafficking survivor, best-selling author, and founder of the S.O.A.P. Project. Theresa was appointed to the Ohio Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Commission and the “Theresa Flores Law” in Michigan eliminates the statute of limitation for children who have been trafficked.
Read MoreKimberly Hogan is a research project director at the Arizona State University Office of Sex Trafficking Intervention Research and a social work PhD student. Kimberly is the co-founder of CleanUP HT and was a 2014 State of Ohio human trafficking liberator award recipient.
Read MoreToshia L. Hogan is a co-founder of CleanUP HT, a sex trafficking survivor and determined modern-day abolitionist. She is a patient advocacy board member for Face Forward LA, a featured survivor in Project Starfish, and a State of Ohio human trafficking liberator award recipient.
Read MoreMichael Goodier is a professional editor based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His most recent works include editing the documentary short "Teeth" and as a post-production supervisor on "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power."
Read MoreHolly Hey is professor and head of the film/video program at the University of Toledo. Her films dealing with gay and lesbian identity have screened both nationally and internationally.
Read MoreDr. Reshelle Marino is an Assistant Professor in the Counseling Department at Southeastern Louisiana University. She earned her MEd and PhD from the University of New Orleans. She is a nationally certified counselor and board-approved supervisor. She serves on the Louisiana Governor’s Human Trafficking Prevention Advisory Board.
Read MoreDr. Corie Hebert is an Associate Professor in the Social Work Program at Southeastern Louisiana University. She has worked with the Louisiana Coalition Against Trafficking for a number of years in developing state wide training and is the University Project Coordinator for the Louisianan Child Welfare Training Academy.
Read MoreDr. Lori Handrahan has been a humanitarian and a researcher for over twenty years. Her most recent book is Epidemic: America’s Trade in Child Rape. More details about her and her book can be found on her website: www.LoriHandrahan.com
Read MoreRenee Jones is the President, CEO, and founder of the Renee Jones Empowerment Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is unique in providing holistic restorative services for minor and adult human trafficking and sexual assault victims.
Read MoreMs. Maureen Guirguis is the founder and Director of the Northeast Ohio Human Trafficking Law Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to that, Ms. Guirguis, was Co-Director and co-founder of The Human Trafficking Law Project at Case Western Reserve University School of Law and was a professor of law from 2004-2018.
Read MoreKylee Gregg is a survivor of childhood sex trafficking. She is now a student at the University of Toledo and an avid activist. Kylee is passionate about sharing her story to raise awareness and help others. She hopes to make fighting sex trafficking and helping other survivors her life's work.
Read MoreKimberly Kohl is an occupational therapist working at Summa Rehab Hospital, an inpatient physical medicine rehabilitation facility in Northeast Ohio. She received her bachelor’s degree at Cleveland State University and her Master’s of Organizational Leadership at Malone University. She has experience with various diagnoses including brain injury.
Read MoreKathleen Gorman is an occupational therapist working in brain injury and amputee rehabilitation at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System in Palo Alto, California. She received her bachelor’s in psychology from Xavier University and doctorate in occupational therapy from the University of Toledo.
Read MoreKeri Black is the Program Manager for the YWCA Rape Crisis Center in Toledo. Keri has over nine years of academic and professional experience in the field of victim advocacy and activism. Keri has a Master of Liberal Studies in Women and Gender Studies from the University of Toledo.
Read MoreThomas Goodwin has been a sole practitioner in Northwest Ohio since 2001, with a practice focused primarily on family law, domestic violence, and protection order cases. He previously worked for the Toledo Legal Aid Society for ten years. Tom received his JD from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (Cleveland State University).
Read MoreRoxanne Schroeder-Arce is Associate Professor and Head of the UTeach Theatre program at the University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre & Dance. Her research interests include culturally responsive theatre education and Latinx theatre with and for youth. She is co-playwright, with the BGHS Drama Club, of Lily's Shadow.
Read MoreJo Beth Gonzalez teaches theatre at Bowling Green City High School. The BGHS Human Trafficking Awareness Troupe, which she leads, has led workshops throughout Northwest Ohio for five years, and performed Lily's Shadow three times in the past six months. The BGHS Drama Club received the 2018 OH/MICH Liberators Award.
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