Duvonna Goins is a recent alum of The University of Toledo where she earned her Master's in Social Work. She is currently providing school-based therapy to area children. Duvonna was a Fearless Writer intern while at The University of Toledo and returned to be a part of the Community Empathy Write project.
Read MoreVictoria Starnes is a 4th year medical student at The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences. She is passionate about women’s health and hopes to one day be an OBGYN physician. Outside of school, she enjoys crocheting, reading, and cooking.
Read MoreSavanna King is a graduate student at The University of Toledo and plans on attending medical school in the fall.
Read MoreChantal Crane is a social worker at The University of Toledo Medical Center. She published a book of poetry, Goodbye, Terraceview.
Read MoreChelsie Baylor has her Bachelor’s of Science from the University of Dayton and is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Medicine from The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Chelsie joined the Community Empathy Write Project because she wanted to have a space to express her creativity and explore new forms of writing.
Read MoreHeather Sloane Cleary is an associate professor in the social work program at The University of Toledo. She is the co- creator of the Fearless Writers program, which is a poetry-informed, participatory action, autoethnography research project that explores injustice through creative writing.
Read MoreAdeleye Lewis Olatunji is a researcher, trainer, and a humanitarian responder with almost two decades of law enforcement experience in human trafficking and transnational studies. Lewis is a doctoral student at the department of Political-Science and International Relations with a focus on transnationalism, border security, and national security.
Read MoreSophie Otiende is the Chief Executive Officer of the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery and the founder of Azadi, a survivor-led initiative in Kenya. She is a survivor leader and protection practitioner that has been working to develop systems and processes for community-led care work that centers survivors and incorporates both ethical and trauma-informed practices.
Read MoreChris Ash (they/them) manages the National Survivor Network where they are developing programming to empower people with lived experience as the movement’s organizational, strategy, and thought leaders. They have worked in crisis response, direct services, and training, and their graduate degree focused on gender studies, postcolonial theory, and sociology.
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