Does Human Trafficking Happen Here? Pinellas Center Helps Victims as Young as 6. [tampabay.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 2/8/208:30 PM

By Christopher O'Donnell, Tampa Bay Times, February 6, 2020

Over and over, Kaitlyn rubs a sanding block up and down a piece of birch that was once the back of a chair, scouring away its faded varnish and imperfections.

She’s dressed in flip-flops, sky-blue pipe jeans and a tourist T-shirt from Puerto Rico. With strawberry blonde hair corralled into a ponytail, she looks like a high schooler.

Once a week, Kaitlyn, 21, turns up for an art therapy class at the Florida Dream Center, a Pinellas County group that helps victims of human trafficking. For two hours, volunteers shower her with encouragement and hugs. Then she heads back out into the night.

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