Erika is a nonprofit leader and human trafficking subject-matter expert with 18 years of experience advancing evidence-based counter-trafficking initiatives around the world. As a senior researcher at NORC, she worked with the Freedom Fund, International Justice Mission, Global Fund to End Modern Slavery, and the U.S. State Department to study the dynamics of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation in the Global South. She previously held leadership roles with Social Impact and Innovations for Poverty Action and served as Executive Director of Lotus Outreach, a nonprofit supporting trafficking prevention and survivor aftercare in Southeast Asia. Erika holds a social sciences MA from Stanford University and a BA in political theory from UC San Diego.

Sabra Boyd is an award-winning investigative journalist, survivor leader, and trauma-informed media strategist who has advised the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, White House, and UN on human trafficking prevention policy. A co-author of Evaluating Anti-Trafficking Interventions and founder of the Trafficking Survivors’ Journalism Project, Sabra works to elevate survivor voices over misinformation. As a survivor of familial child trafficking, Sabra brings a sensitively analytical lens of lived experience to child labor and sex trafficking prevention. She has more than a decade of experience across healthcare, social services, the entertainment industry, and advocacy to her work addressing exploitation and vulnerability.