Anita was begging on the streets. Her mother had died, leaving the 12-year-old to fend for herself.
When her stepsister took her in, it seemed like a lifeline.
Instead, it was a trap. Anita’s life was not her own. Her stepsister forced her into sex work; by the time she was 14, she was answering calls for a sex hotline. Anita’s stepsister then prostituted her out to violent men.
She was rescued by the kindness of a stranger who saw her tears, snuck her out of a hotel, and got her to a shelter.
Today, Anita studies marketing and works as an activist against human trafficking. She has testified to its evil all over the world, even addressing the United Nations….