Happy 50th last episode and Human Trafficking Awareness Month 2023. After a long podcast posting pause, Host Victoria is joined by Kanaka Maoli, Leinani Yahiku, to share some truths about her story AND journey of surviving domestic violence and sex trafficking. Leinani and Victoria leave a lasting message about community support needs and why, "CAXHI"-Community Against Exploitation -Hawaii was formed. They talk about the human trafficking "movement" and all the mis-labeling, mis-categor...

Happy June and 49th episode release with a special message. In this episode , Victoria will provide important updates and will cover the sad missing case of an Everett, Washington multiracial (Native American, Black, and White) young adult woman. For over 10 years, Sarah Collins has been searching for her daughter, Emily Kelsey Collins after reporting her missing in 2009, hoping she wasn't murdered. Kelsey was reported to have gone missing just three weeks after testifying against her traffic...

Join Victoria and Mao and Nao from The Millennial Therapists Podcast discussing an important sex trafficking survivors story. Victoria hoped to one day have this guest on herself and share since being released almost 2 years ago. Since we couldnt, we are giving much needed coverage and awareness for the case of Alexis "Ke'Erica " Martin and her unfortunate return to prison. Please share space as we talk story, discuss facts about the apparent parole violation, and give respect to her st...

Hey Listeners!!! Special shoutout to all those sharing space and respect for Aprils Sexual Assault Awareness Month and National Child Abuse Prevention Month! Join us for a more celebratory episode for April!!! In this episode, Jennifer Ottenberg (aka Chickpea) and Tam Hixson share how they will be supporting UNSEENTTT podcast and survivors, the ways roller skating has impacted their lives, and details about their May 7th event in Beaverton, Oregon. Late in 2021, roller skating brought...

Welcome to another amazing episode with Kristin Howard and her wonderful family. In season 3, episode 4 we heard facts and truths shared about Kristins life in and exiting the game while her family was there. It wasn't easy as they explained it but they realized she was being sex trafficked, not just stripping, by who all thought was just her "boyfriend". This is common but not talked about especially within marginalized communities. In this episode, we are going to dive deeper into hel...

Please join us as we talk truths with the co authors of the book, Men! Fight for me, The role of authentic masculinity in ending sexual exploitation and trafficking. Both Survivor Leader Jessica and ED Alan of Saving Innocence will grace the mic and discuss what led to writing this book and how they want to show men that they CAN end trafficking. They will discuss how men have the power to end it because they are the problem! Hear how this book is one solution in ending the exploitative cultu...

Happy New year of 2022 and welcome to Human Trafficking Awareness Month! Im so happy to have Soap2Hopes ED, January, a phenomenal poet and mother bringing us into both of these occasions. She opens up with her poem reading called, "Swallowed" and she is going to enlighten our minds with her truths of doing outreach in the mean streets of Utah and continuing the needed work that is not often done for victims of exploitation. January will share truths through her journey of survivin...

Join Victoria and Ashley Maha'a for an episode taped in Hawaii (excuse some of the audio - there were technical difficulties while recording). Ashley is the CEO and Founder of My Truth Is Now and member of CAXHI (Community Against exploitation-Hawaii), and will be starting her Glow Bow Drop outreach. She will share insightful and inspirational words from her experiences of living through exploitation, substance abuse, and finding a survivor community to help in her healing. The episode has so...

Join Victoria and Survivor Jenna McKaye of the Jenna McKaye Foundation. She will share facts about the importance of awareness and advocacy in medical, mental health, and school settings. She'll share truths about her trafficker and her uncommon survivor story. Listen as she discusses equine therapy and having it available for survivors of abuse and PTSD. Visit her webpage for more information at www.jennamckaye.com Support the show

Join Victoria and a new guest , Estella, for the first episode of Season 4. Dive in hard as they cover the story of the brave escape by a 14 year old who was tricked by Trevien Thomas, aka Triggah, from Dallas to Houston in 2016. She managed to escape after being controlled, drugged, and raped for 5 days in various motels in Houston. Victoria will try and breakdown terms used in the article and mention things unseen from those who may not know about CSEC and sex trafficking. Than...

Aloha Unseen: TTT Pod friends, framily, family, listeners and community folx. Got a quick announcement here , sort of providing you an update and celebrating our 1 year!!! A huge thank you to you all as this entire year has been a joyus journey! While we prepare for Season 4 and support the Host, Victorias , transition in her career, we wanted to ask you all to continue sharing the podcast, listen to all episodes, and support our survivors, advocates , and allies in the anti-traf...

In this last episode for Season 3, we have Mr. Armand King of Paving Great Futures , From the Streets to the Suites, and Raised in Pimp City! Armand leads the organization Paving Great Futures, is the Co-Host and Co-Creator of From the Streets to the Suites currently on Facebook and soon to be released as a book as well as the long running podcast Host and Creator and recent released book, Raised in Pimp City. Yes, for this context, Armand is a former Trafficker or what folks would have...

Join us for another episode of survivor truths and understand that trafficking doesnt look like you think. Harper Lee is a survivor of child intrafamilial sex trafficking. She is 25 years old and was trafficked and exploited for 10 years by her parents. Harper discusses the realities that she didn’t have the dramatic escape you see in the movies. When she was 19 years old, she simply left without asking and she shares it was the scariest thing she ever did. Shell share the truths behind...

Honored to support survivors during Mental health Awareness month. Unseen was able to provide a safe space for Antare's truths as it his first time speaking publicly of depression, suffering in silence, child sexual abuse and intrafamilial trafficking. He will share that speaking up and saying it loudly helps along the healing journey AND so does journaling. He states writing and journaling saved him, sharing the power of pen to paper, and that with every word there is healing. The dark truth...

Porn is used for grooming victims especially by pedos and traffickers. Lets also be afraid that porn increase the demand!!!! Could is also be used to groom future "Johns/ Buyers"??? Listen to Paul speak with Victoria on this . He will share truths about his exposure to porn and his long history of trying to quit for moralistic, guilt, shame, health reasons, and objectification. Paul will talk about therapy, sustainable recovery, and overcoming over spiritualizing recovery! We've acknowledged ...

About 15 years after the sexual abuse as a child from a male babysitter, Jeremy Indika shares how his memories resurfaced and affected him. In his middle age, he realized that he wanted to tell people, but he wasn't sure how. Jeremy decided to take a pause on his Engineering career to tell his story publicly, be a voice for those unheard, and reclaim his truths. During this journey, Jeremy realized the facts of grooming and the possibility that there was child sexual exploitation throug...

Listen to " WHAT'S HAPPENING" Podcast by Journalist Chisom Uche-Onyilofor . We had the pleasure of featuring this episode of Chisom speaking with Victoria, the Host and Creator of Unseen: TTT Podcast. They dissect the incident where Victoria got away which is the first episode of Unseen: TTT Podcast. Chisom asks the real questions! Chisom asks from a college student perspective. Chisom asks from a woman of color in America perspective. And guess what, you will learn much! Suppor...

Listeners, you have to listen in and join Victoria and Jaimee Johnson tell some hard, much needed truths! Victoria fan girls super hard as Jaimee was who Victoria first recognized as a powerhouse truth teller in the social media, podcast, and direct services space of supporting fellow lived experience experts, warriors, and survivors through online groups, podcasts, and her non profit, Sisters of the Streets. You will not want to miss a beat as Jaimee drops truths and facts of the life ...

Unseen is back with another uniquely created episode where the survivors' parents, sibling, and friend/coworker intently support her truth telling by joining the episode recording. Not only can you tell the energy, love, and passion was there the entire time but they offer very valuable insight at the end for all listeners. Listen to the lovely and talented, Krissi Howard describe her journey from a church involved two parent home to reading adult sex novels at a young age and then becoming a...

At Unseen: TTT we have episodes, seemingly, for everyone. Please join us and listen to M. Dante an experienced woman in the literature and research reporting realm. She highlights other pioneers and writings regarding sex work, past and present. She is a contributor to many especially the wonderful organization, SWOP-Sex Workers Outreach Project, where she wrote about Donah Stafford(Episode 13 at Unseen). This episode will be an intense listening session where M. Dante will read her findings ...