The Curious Introvert
A weekly podcast covering societal taboos & cultural blind spots. Join host Meredith Hackwith Edwards as she deep dives with curiosity & nuance into philosophy, society & culture with expert guests.
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The Curious Introvert
Ep. 226 | From Trafficking Victim to Attorney
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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.
If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 11: LEARNING HOW TO HEAR THEM: HOW KIDS DISCLOSE SEXUAL ABUSE
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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