Poiema Foundation, a Dallas-area organization focused on human trafficking prevention and survivor care, has been working to educate the public on human trafficking, engage communities and empower survivors through the work of their safe house since 2012.
Natalie Alonzo, education and outreach director at Poiema Foundation, said she first got to know the organization when she volunteered with its community outreach in high school.
She volunteered through her church, LakePointe Church in Rockwall, which is where Poiema began in 2012. Alonzo said before she volunteered, she didn’t really know much about human trafficking.
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But participating in outreach allowed her to see “right in [her] own community” what human trafficking looks like, even at hotels she drove past every day. The knowledge she gained grew into a passion.
After college, Alonzo worked directly with child victims of sex trafficking, until things came full circle, and she got the opportunity to join the staff of the Poiema Foundation.
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Calli Keener and originally published by Baptist Standard.
