“My work at Breaking Free was incredibly rewarding. Some days I couldn’t even believe that I was fortunate enough to work for such an incredible organization. I have had such a strong desire to be an advocate and to defend the defenseless since I was a young teenager; waking up several years later to the realization that my dreams, or rather the dream that God placed in my heart, were actually coming to fruition was overwhelming in the best sense. I would be lying if I said that there weren’t really tough days. Some days the emotional toll of working with victims was a lot to process; other staff members at Breaking Free referred to it as “secondary trauma.” It was sometimes easy to get frustrated with society or even other individuals, organizations, government officials, etc. that I felt “should know better.” The societal stigma attached to prostitution and the myths that are still pervasive were extremely disappointing and often a source of pain. However, Breaking Free is working to dispel these myths and educate survivors, Johns, and society as a whole about what is actually going on underneath the glittery veneer of prostitution and sex trafficking.”