This week's guest on Next Steps Forward is Alina Donahue, a human trafficking subject matter expert and survivor. She co-created the Shelly Stayer Shelter's 18-month Human Trafficking Residential Program, a nationally recognized residential program for adult female survivors of sexual human trafficking. She has been certified by the Florida Crime Prevention Training Institute through the Office of the Florida Attorney General. Alina was a mentor and teacher for Project Recovery, a program that helps inmates in Collier County overcome addiction and reintegrate back into society. In 2021 she made the Naples Illustrated Top 100 to Watch List for her continuous achievements. In January 2023, Alina was appointed as a Senior Advisor to the National Trauma Education Policy Board. Throughout her conversation with program host Chris Meek, Alina will take the audience through her upbringing and how a single night and a chance encounter with her trafficker changed everything in her life. She will also delve into the red flags that young women, their friends and their families should look for to prevent someone from being drawn into sex trafficking, the shift from victim to survivor and everything in between, and the realities of overcoming trauma.