Gina Cavallo is a sought-after leader, speaker, and consultant in the anti-human trafficking movement and a passionate advocate for victims of human trafficking.
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Gina is the founder and executive director of the survivor-led nonprofit organization, We RISE NJ, formerly Paying it Forward Foundation. Her commitment stems from her experience as a survivor of childhood sexual and physical abuse and of human trafficking. It is also rooted in her determination to ensure that no one else should endure the same trauma. Gina’s impact can be found throughout the New Jersey legislative process, within organizations that support human trafficking causes, and in the personal stories of the survivors who have been inspired by Gina’s story.
In the eight years I have been teaching about human trafficking at the college level, I have found that visits from Gina Cavallo have had a profound impact on students. Ms Cavallo has a unique gift of being able to connect to undergraduate students of diverse backgrounds. each time she has visited a class, students are fully engaged when she shares her story. Her ability to help all of us begin to understand the crippling fear of being trafficked and its psychological repercussions has inspired all of us to become committed abolitionists.
Louise Murray, Ph.D., MSW, LSW
Chair, Social Work Program, Saint Elizabeth University
Louise Murray, Ph.D., MSW, LSW
Chair, Social Work Program, Saint Elizabeth University