Christine is a survivor of childhood sex trafficking and spent nearly a decade working as a dancer in clubs across the United States. Her lived experience informs every aspect of SWITCH’s work and has shaped a core principle of its mission: the clear and critical distinction between consensual adult sex work, which should be fully decriminalized, and human trafficking, which is defined by force, fraud, coercion, and entrenched power imbalances.

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In 2020, Christine committed to completing her own educational journey with the goal of creating long-term economic security. She enrolled full time in two online colleges simultaneously and completed her bachelor’s degree with high honors in under two years. She graduated from law school in May 2025 and, in July 2025, passed the Uniform Bar Exam on her first attempt with a score qualifying her for licensure in all 41 UBE jurisdictions.

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Christine is currently completing her licensing requirements and works as a law clerk at a Manhattan-based law firm.

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Education was transformative for Christine. It created opportunities that once felt out of reach and provided the stability, autonomy, and confidence to build a new professional future. Through SWITCH, she is committed to ensuring that sex workers, strippers, and survivors of human trafficking have access to those same opportunities, on their own terms and at their own pace.

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Christine understands firsthand the economic, structural, and emotional barriers that make career transitions difficult for these communities. SWITCH’s programs are designed around that reality, using lived experience, harm-reduction principles, and individualized support to help participants identify and pursue sustainable paths forward.

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Christine approaches her work with compassion, patience, and respect, drawing on the support she received from mentors, educators, clinicians, employers, and community members throughout her own transition. That same commitment to dignity and empowerment is at the core of SWITCH’s mission.