Roxanna Lemus is a Licensed Master Social Worker at Human Dynamics and Diagnostics in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She sits down with Sydney Jensen to talk about how people are led into the human sex trafficking industry, how parents can have open conversations with their children and how involved they should be in their children’s “private lives.” Lemus also discusses the process victims undergo to heal and what they can do to begin their own journey to recovery.

Matthew Smith is the Executive Director for Operation Shield in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The organization works with local and international groups to help children who have been involved in the human sex trafficking industry heal. He weighs in on just how much of a presence human sex trafficking has in east Idaho, how the Internet is propelling it forward and what parents can do to protect their children from being groomed and eventually exploited online.

Amanda Cook and Kara Boll work as sexual assault nurse examiners, or SANE Nurses, at the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Kara Boll also works as the medical director for the center and both discuss how domestic violence and sexual assault connect to human sex trafficking, what people can do if they feel like they have been abused and how parents can educate their children about preventative principles like the proper definition of consent.

Dr. Timothy Rarick is a professor at BYU-Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho. He earned his doctorate degree in Human Development & Family Studies from Kansas State University. Rarick has spoken on strengthening the family and combating societal addictions like pornography at the United Nations, the World Congress of Families, and the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation.

Dr. Deirdre Caputo-Levine is an assistant professor of sociology at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. She earned her doctorate degree from the State University of New York and specializes in prisoner reentry, punishment, critical criminology, among others. She gives insight into the perpetrator’s side of human sex trafficking and the path that leads to becoming a human sex trafficker.

Idaho Falls Police Chief Bryce Johnson recently moved to from Alaska to take his new job with IFPD. Prior to coming to Idaho Falls, Johnson spent four years as the Chief of Police for the Juneau Police Department. He also spent over two decades serving in the Salt Lake Police Department in Salt Lake City, Utah. He talks about his experiences combating human sex trafficking while working in law enforcement and what people in east Idaho should be aware of as they learn to protect themselves.

Dr. Jim Hopla is a professor at Brigham Young University - Idaho and teaches human health with an emphasis on why people participate in behaviors like drug addiction or sex trafficking. He sits down to talk about the process that takes place in the mind of a person who purchases people for sex trafficking.

Stephanie Silva is a survivor of human sex trafficking in Eastern Idaho. She shares her story of escaping the sex slave trade and what she wishes people knew about the industry.

Tyler Schwab works in the aftercare division of Operation Underground Railroad. He also started his own organization in Wyoming , Gifts of Grace, to help in preventative efforts against human sex trafficking in the Dominican Republic.