Meet Our Team

Yasmin Vafa

Executive Director

Cherice Hopkins

Senior Counsel

Rebecca Burney

Attorney and Youth Advocacy Coordinator

Lynn English

Development Counsel

Carolina Bazan

Program Associate

Ayika Tshimanga

Communications Manager

Advisory Board

Jeannette Pai-Espinosa

President, The National Crittenton Foundation

The Honorable John J. Romero, Jr.

President of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Presiding Judge, Children’s Court Division, Second Judicial District Court & Member of the New Mexico Tribal-State Judicial Consortium

Taina Bien-Aime

Executive Director, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women & Founding Board Member, Equality Now

Withelma “T” Ortiz Walker Pettigrew

Speaker, Policy Consultant, Survivor Advocate, & 2014 TIME’s 100 Most Influential People