Thanks for checking out our campaign! We are Alli, Avril, and Chloe, three STEM majors and graduating roommates from Northern Arizona University. We know that every year, over 6.3 million persons are trafficked for sex worldwide, and 78% of them are women and children. We want to do something about it! (According to the US State Department 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report.)

As women and college students, we have seen and experienced harassment, discrimination, and attempts by men to relegate us to inferior status. But we have also experienced the power of community to heal and protect through supporting one another, and we want to use our voices in solidarity with women and girls in Latin America who are survivors of sex trafficking.

We are combining our love of the outdoors with a desire to raise awareness and reduce the lasting impacts of sex trafficking. We are partnering with Reintegra, an international anti-trafficking nonprofit that works in Latin America and provides resources and care for women survivors. Reintegra funds education grants for women who want to change their stories, and as new graduates, we want to offer the same opportunity to other women. We are hoping to raise $10,000 to fund 3 women for a year of university.

Usually a campaign works like this: we would choose a moment to recognize, maybe climb a 14er, and then invite folks to donate towards the campaign. But we wanted to do something a little different. We wanted to explore different ways that we could highlight how recovery is full of small wins and learning resilience.

Women and girls who have survived sex trafficking are often visible in two parts of their story, the moment they are rescued, and a moment that there is some external validation of success. These are the narratives that are popular to talk about, the horror of the past, or having reached some stage of completion. However, the reality is that the long walk towards healing is difficult. It is a slow progress of one foot in front of another, of small choices and sometimes setbacks.

This is what we want to highlight, this invisible space, of everyday courage and struggle for healing because this is where Reintegra works. They provide community, psychological support, life skills training, and education grants so women can empower themselves. They walk alongside an accompany women for as long as necessary.

As were were recently backpacking through Colorado, we recognized how powerful the choice to keep walking is. There were moments when we didn't have enough energy to keep going and we had to motivate each other. It was hot, and we hadn't brought enough food. We filtered water from the stream to drink, and at some point in our 25 mile trek, turning back was no longer an option. We were excited and relieved when we reached Emerald Lake, but we also recognized how the power of friendship kept us going. We didn't stop, or turn around because we had each other.

Will you help us give that gift to other women? Donate to our campaign, share our story, or join us in raising awareness!

Summit for Survivors for Alli, Avril, and Chloe

STEM for Survivors

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