“January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month, a presidentially designated observance that raises awareness about human trafficking and empowers the public to take action to prevent and respond to it.” –Office on Trafficking in Persons (U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services)

The character Rasa was inspired by one of my patients who found healing after being trafficked, but then died from an autoimmune disease—her body’s grief response. If I ever had the chance to give her JAYA AND RASA, I hope that she’d find the messy, inconvenient, and sometimes unpalatable story to be a realistic reflection of part of her life.

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Check out this TOOLKIT ON TRAFFICKING PREVENTION from the Office on Trafficking in Persons.