About Me

For over one hundred and fifty years, slavery has been outlawed in America and dozens of other countries around the world.  Yet this seedy industry still thrives globally, and the profit is second only to the illegal drug trade.  Given that this industry operates mainly underground, exact statistics are very difficult to achieve, but it's estimated that between 11 and 30 million people today live in some form of modern day slavery.  I've been passionate about seeing an end to slavery since my senior year of high school when I first learned about this huge stain on humanity.   I hate to sound cheesy, but my life completely changed after finding out about slavery.  After searching for so long, I felt as if God had revealed my purpose to me and I was already off and running.

Anyone who knows me will be able to tell you that I have a terrible habit of biting off more than I can chew.  I struggle profusely with following through with things I sign up for.  Those who hate to offend would call me somewhat unreliable, but the truth is I can be pretty flaky.  So when I suddenly became engrossed in this huge injustice against human life everyone treated it like a phase I would grow out of.  Except I never outgrew it.  Two page essays turned into twelve page research papers and throughout my first two years of college my love and passion in advocating for people trapped in all forms of modern slavery only deepened.

I'm currently an International Relations major - with only two semesters to go! - who is struggling to figure out what to do after college.  (Remember when I said I can be flaky?  I'm also very indecisive.)  In the meantime, I'm volunteering as the social media manager for one of the most amazing organizations I could ever hope to work with.  They just opened the first safe house in our state completely dedicated to victims of human trafficking!  Read about it here. 

My hope is that one day we will be able to say that our world beat slavery not once, but twice.  The fight to end this horrendous stain on our history will not be easy, but if we're all in this together, I believe it is firmly within our reach.  To quote Rob Morris of Love146, "Ending human trafficking is not idealistic or naive.  It is audacious.  And it is people of audacity who change the world."