Sarah Tunstall is a survivor of sex trafficking and has worked in the anti-human trafficking field for over six years. She was brought onto the Empowered Caregivers Project team to create the course content, bringing both personal and professional insight.

Sarah is deeply passionate about this work, through her own trafficking experience and journey after exiting, it was the caregivers in her life who provided the most consistent support. She brings a unique, trauma-informed lens to the project, grounded in lived experience and frontline awareness.

Michelle is a survivor of domestic sex trafficking. After being trafficked and entrenched in the sex trade for over 13 years, she now draws on her lived experience to inform and strengthen anti-human trafficking advocacy and awareness efforts.

Michelle was instrumental to the project by coordinating meaningful opportunities for survivors to share their insights through the Survivor Forum, survey process, and individual consultations with those with lived experience. Her leadership has helped ensure that the project remains rooted in the real experiences and wisdom of those most impacted by trafficking and exploitation.

Jennifer has been engaged in anti-trafficking work since 2011 and became Executive Director of Restorations Second Stage Homes in 2018 after being part of the Board of Directors since the organization’s start in 2013. Jennifer holds an MA from Brock University (Social Justice & Equity Studies), where her research focused on the ways pimps and traffickers in Canada target, recruit, and condition women and girls for sexual exploitation.

Deeply committed to amplifying the voices and leadership of survivors, Jennifer’s approach to anti-trafficking work continues to be shaped by the insight, strength, and experiences that survivors have generously shared with her over the years.