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Human Trafficking: Addressing a Global Issue at a Local Level

Mon, March 6, 2017
Dinner Program
Maria A. Trujillo ’01

Human trafficking is a problem that impacts all communities across the United States: How can this complex global crime be tackled at the local level? Maria Trujillo ’01 has been working to combat human trafficking locally for over a decade and will share the on-the-ground realities of this work.
 

Maria A. Trujillo ’01 serves as the Human Trafficking Program Manager at the Colorado Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice, Office for Victims Programs. In this role, Trujillo coordinates the efforts of the Colorado Human Trafficking Council that was legislatively established by the Colorado General Assembly. Trujillo joined the division in December 2014 after spending the previous six years in Houston as the executive director of the non-profit organization, United Against Human Trafficking (UAHT), whose mission is to prevent and confront human trafficking by raising public awareness, training front-line professionals and empowering the community to take action. Prior to her time at UAHT, Trujillo lived in Washington, DC where she worked for the international development organization, Health Volunteers Overseas.

Trujillo has served as a speaker and expert technical advisor on the issue of human trafficking at the national, state and local levels, including at the White House. She has also been recognized for her work combating human trafficking as a “Circles of Change” honoree by Building Bridges for Peace (2012) and a “Table Talk” honoree by the University of Houston’s Friends of Women’s Studies (2015).

Trujillo graduated with an IR major from Claremont McKenna College in 2001. She obtained her master’s degree in International Communications from American University.

Ms. Trujillo’s Athenaeum talk is co-sponsored by the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights.

View Video: YouTube with Maria Trujillo '01

Food for Thought: Podcast with Maria Trujillo '01

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