In our 10th podcast series, “Intersections in Health Care and Human Trafficking”, NAPNAP uses a multidisciplinary lens to explore the impact of human trafficking on children and adolescents. Human trafficking is a complex and pervasive issue which is best addressed by tapping into the skills and expertise across many disciplines and people. Forensics, police, legal, social work, research, and survivors of human trafficking all have a place in addressing human trafficking.

Our host for this series is Jason Spees, MSN, MaOM, APRN, L.Ac., FNP-C, Dipl. Ac. & C.H. Jason is a human trafficking educator and the chair of NAPNAP Partners Alliance for Children in Trafficking (ACT).

This week’s episode will explore the intersection of human trafficking survivors and health care providers with our guests Jay Benke and Bekah Charleston.

Jay Benke is a formidable voice and leader in anti-trafficking advocacy, drawing from her lived experiences as an abduction and child sex trafficking survivor based in Oregon. As a disability and LGBTQ+ advocate, Jay brings a distinctive, intersectional perspective to her work, championing the rights and voices of marginalized survivors. The focus of her work ranges from criminal justice reform to demand reduction to survivor equity and inclusion to harm reduction, and trauma informed care. She is a speaker, mentor, curriculum specialist, content creator and fact-check editor for both public and private sectors. As founder of Clever Human , she provides expert consulting services, and national engagement specialist for the Sex Trade Survivor Caucus (STSC), an all-survivor organization that creates space for survivors to impact change in policy and legislation.

Bekah Charleston is a nationally respected leader and a dynamic public speaker whose story of survival, triumph, and determination has been featured in communities across the U.S. and at the national level by numerous media outlets. After enduring a decade of abuse and exploitation, she built a career dedicated to the empowerment of survivors and focused on community collaboration at all levels. In 2013, she launched Bekah Speaks Out to provide customized training and consultancy services to law enforcement, service providers, and community leaders alike. Since then, she has earned degrees in criminal justice and criminology, filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Nevada over the legalized prostitution industry, and worked with senators to advocate for the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act which provides victims the opportunity to vacate or expunge federal convictions resulting from their victimization. Bekah’s goal is not only to change perceptions, but to leave a legacy that demonstrates the dignity and strength of Survivorship. You can reach Bekah @BekahSpeaksOut or at www.bekahspeaksout.com.

In our 10th podcast series, “Intersections in Health Care and Human Trafficking”, NAPNAP uses a multidisciplinary lens to explore the impact of human trafficking on children and adolescents. Human trafficking is a complex and pervasive issue which is best addressed by tapping into the skills and expertise across many disciplines and people. Forensics, police, legal, social work, research, and survivors of human trafficking all have a place in addressing human trafficking.

Our host for this series is Jason Spees, MSN, MaOM, APRN, L.Ac., FNP-C, Dipl. Ac. & C.H. Jason is a human trafficking educator and the chair of NAPNAP Partners Alliance for Children in Trafficking (ACT).

This week’s episode will discuss police work regarding human trafficking with our guests Katie Herbers, LCSW and Marcy Alonzo. Katie is a licensed clinical social worker currently working as a Victim Services Supervisor at the Austin Police Department. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin with her undergraduate degree in psychology and history and graduated from University of Texas in Austin with a master’s in social work. Katie worked at Child Protective Services for three years, specializing in adolescents in care and aging out of care. Katie has been working in Victim Services for the past five years and was previously the counselor assisting with human trafficking and sexual assault cases. In her current position, she supervises counselors in the Human Trafficking, Child Abuse, Financial Crimes Division and still assists with survivors of human trafficking.

Marcy Alonzo is a bilingual community leader with 20 years of advocacy experience. Marcy is a passionate advocate for survivors of sexual assault, human trafficking and domestic violence. She brings 20 years of experience to the Central Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking Steering Committee. Currently, Marcy serves as the coordinator for both the Austin/Travis County Sexual Assault Response and Resource Team (SARRT) and the Central Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking. In these roles, she champions collaboration, equity and inclusion, ensuring survivor needs are centered in every aspect of the response. A native "Austinite", Marcy is deeply invested in the well-being of her community. She believes in the power of collective action to create a safer and more just world for all.

In our 10th podcast series, “Intersections in Health Care and Human Trafficking”, NAPNAP uses a multidisciplinary lens to explore the impact of human trafficking on children and adolescents. Human trafficking is a complex and pervasive issue which is best addressed by tapping into the skills and expertise across many disciplines and people. Forensics, police, legal, social work, research, and survivors of human trafficking all have a place in addressing human trafficking.

Our host for this series is Jason Spees, MSN, MaOM, APRN, L.Ac., FNP-C, Dipl. Ac. & C.H. Jason is a human trafficking educator and the chair of NAPNAP Partners Alliance for Children in Trafficking (ACT).

This week’s episode will discuss the NAPNAP Partners Alliance for Children in Trafficking with our guests Shenoa Rose Jamieson, CRNP, SANE-A, SANE-P, and Jennifer Livingston, MNSc, APRN, CPNP-PC, SANE-P. Shenoa is a nurse practitioner in a dual role with the Child Advocacy Center and Adolescent Medicine at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner in primary care and nationally certified as a sexual assault nurse examiner for pediatrics and adults/adolescents. In her position, she provides abuse evaluations, primary care and urgent care for young people with complex social situations, and adolescent and young adult gynecological care and gender-affirming care. In addition to the Child Advocacy Center hospital-based clinic and the Center for Adolescent and Young Adult Health outpatient clinic, Shenoa provides care in unique community-based settings, including a clinic in the county courthouse, a young adult drop-in center, youth shelters, and a youth detention center.

Jennifer Livingston is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner and pediatric sexual assault nurse examiner affiliated with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Team for Children at Risk and Penn State University’s Sexual Assault Forensic Examination and Training Center. She earned her Bachelor of Nursing from Arkansas Tech University and her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

With 21 years of nursing experience, Jennifer spent 15 years in inpatient pediatric hematology-oncology before transitioning to her role as an APRN, where she has dedicated the last six years to addressing child maltreatment. During this time, she provided evaluations for children and teens in both a hospital-based outpatient child maltreatment clinic and at a local child advocacy center, The Children’s Protection Center. Jennifer is an advocate for the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners' Alliance for Children in Trafficking and serves on the board of Arkansas's Human Trafficking Council.

She has collaborated with the FBI, state police, and Crimes Against Children Division on numerous trafficking cases over the past six years. Jennifer's professional interests include human trafficking prevention, children in the foster care system, and providing care for the LGBTQIA+ community. She has presented locally and nationally on human trafficking initiatives as well as medical focused presentations. Additionally, Jennifer works as a pediatric sexual assault nurse examiner with the Children’s Advocacy Center, another child advocacy center located in Arkansas.