Dawn's Role In The Human Sex Trafficking Association

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Dawn has been interning at Day One in the Human Sex Trafficking Division. Thus far, she has discovered that there is a large diversity of population served at Day One. Including, but not limited to, Hispanic, Latino, Caucasian, and African American.
She has been “shadowing” her supervisor once a week for five to ten hours a day for several weeks. During this time, she has been introduced to children, adolescent’s, teenagers, and adults. Most the clientele are female, some males, and one who identifies as transgender.
Dawn has learned that many of the clients involved within the organization come from different socioeconomic backgrounds such as, low to middle upper class, poor to wealthy, mostly due to an attained education or lack of education,

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