

Reunion in Peru: One survivor's story
Sometimes when we least expect it, miracles appear before us. As a mother of three, I have fallen into the bad habit of rolling out of bed, barely looking at myeslf in the mirror, checking my email and emptying the dishwasher in my favorite outfit - comfy yoga pants. Sometimes, though, I get caught up responding to email and the like and begin to run late. This one particular Monday, that was the case. I looked like hell - or at least that was my perception - as I rolled into


Becoming a Modern Day Abolitionist: A Return to Westover School
A Return to Westover, Dorina's alma mater, to Shine the Light on Human Trafficking. October 22, 2015 Left to Right: Maya Neuhoff, Kate Taylor, Dorina Leslie, Tom Hungerford, and Robert Havery Good morning, everyone. I am grateful to be with you all today to share my story of how I came to help stop human trafficking. It’s a story that’s almost four years in the making, and it’s been quite an unusual ride. It’s no accident that I’m here today, that has become quite clear. Back


Event: New Haven Film Fest & Human Rights Summit
The Shine the Light Project is proud to partner with The New Haven Film Festival for a day of Human Rights Awareness on Saturday, November 14, 2015. Join us in the heart of downtown New Haven for a morning and afternoon of engaging films, workshops, panel discussions with experts in the field of human trafficking and labor exploitation. Human rights films include Not My Life, Girl Rising, and SOLD. We'll examine the invisible crimes of human trafficking and labor exploitatio