By the time she was twelve, Carissa Phelps had run away from home, dropped out of school, and fled blindly into the arms of a brutal pimp. After years of being trafficked, she was able to escape, graduate from UCLA with a law degree and an MBA, and become an attorney working to help at-risk youth & end the infrastructure behind human trafficking.

She shares names of corporations listed in lawsuits for supporting trafficking, how she was trafficked and escaped, the trafficking ecosystem & the unexpected ways we all may be supporting trafficking.

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Guest: https://www.runawaygirl.com/ | https://a.co/d/iYRWw3c | https://www.linkedin.com/in/carissaphelps/

HEAL TRAFFICKING https://healtrafficking.org/

PEARR TOOL https://www.commonspirit.org/physician-enterprise/key-programs/human-trafficking

SURVIVOR ALLIANCE https://www.survivoralliance.org/

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Sponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

Ep. 226 | From Trafficking Victim to Attorney