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Nisha Vora is a senior at the University of California, Berkeley and is
majoring in Political Science and Legal Studies. At UC Berkeley, she
also teaches a student-run class about modern slavery and human
trafficking. Nisha is committed to spreading awareness about human
trafficking to her peers and community, and is optimistic that increased knowledge about the issue will lead to increased government and social action against this moral tragedy. Upon finishing her undergraduate education, she will be attending law school in the fall, tentatively at Boalt Hall or NYU, to pursue a career in public interest law. When she's not busy with school and public service, Nisha enjoys cooking, baking, and dancing with her friends.

Kevin is a second year Economics major at UC Berkeley, raised in South Pasadena, California. After a summer trip to rural China, he became keenly aware of the tangibility of extreme poverty. He greatly values equality of opportunity, and sincerely hopes for world peace.

Anne studies English and French  at UC Berkeley while simultaneously working for the university too - at the Education Psychology library. She has no idea what she wants to do with her life, but in the meantime enjoys working in theater, homeless aid, immigration issues and, of course, trafficking (stopping it that is).  On her own time, she often sings Yes songs very loudly.

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Sam is a third year Rhetoric major at UC Berkeley originally from Portland, Oregon. After writing a research paper on Cambodian sex trafficking during her sophomore year at Berkeley, she realized washing her hands of the reality of modern day slavery was not an option. Her timing was right, and she discovered Berkeley’s brand new anti-trafficking
group, STOP the Traffick.

The global anti-trafficking campaign has moved past the awareness that
slavery exists today to an exciting phase of empowerment: acknowledging we
can end it in our lifetimes! STOP helps members spread that message to
more ears than one can reach alone. Please contact me at stopthetraffick@gmail.com if you would like to get involved with STOP the Traffick on any level.

Aashika Damodar first traveled to India as a college student toresearch modern day slavery and human trafficking. When she returned home to Berkeley, California she discovered an infamous trafficking case had unfolded across the street from her dorm. Aashika dove into investigating labor and sex trafficking in the United States. She got
other students involved by co-founding STOP the Traffick and leading several activities from policy advocacy in California to community outreach and education. Still, she wanted survivors to be heard. She also founded the Survivor's Quilt Project which does just that. For her senior honors thesis in Anthropology, she researched about the politics of trafficking victimhood and domestic sex trafficking. For this thesis she has won the Ronald Frankenburg Prize in Medical Anthropology as well as the Sylvia Forman Prize. She is now a Zimmerman Fellow and Freedom Award winner for 2008 for her work in the anti-slavery movement. She will spend this year working on campaigns and grassroots activism with Free the Slaves.

Tonia graduated with a degree in Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.  She has worked with fellow activists and survivors of human trafficking throughout the nation since July 2006. 

She was inspired to address human trafficking issues after befriendng a survivor of sex trafficking in one of her Gender and Women’s studies classes. Her friend’s story brought the issue to light as a local problem; she launched the Sex Trafficking Obliteration Petition (STOP) Campaign that advocated the amendment of California Senate Bill 180 to implement a human trafficking law enforcement training program. Shortly after, she co-directed STOP the Traffick with Aashika. In addition, she has also used academia as a tool for addressing human trafficking issues. Tonia’s research thesis focused on the political implications found within U.S. anti-human trafficking legislation.