Jessica

Jessica is a nationally recognized survivor leader that has built a national network of tattoo artists & removal specialists who provide services to survivors of commercial sexual exploitation, former gang members, and overcomers of self-harm and addiction. 

 

Jessica trains in Iconography, the history of human-trafficking tattoos, and on her lived experience.  She has over 20 years around the tattoo industry and she specializes in tattoo identification, in addition to 11 years as an advocate in anti-trafficking. She has served as an expert witness in trafficking cases in Georgia and Alabama. She has been a keynote and a presenter at conferences and trainings across the US and in Canada. Her work is known in the anti-trafficking & tattoo industry across the nation. Jessica has trained over 15,000 law enforcement officials, prosecutors, community advocates, medical professionals, and more nationally and internationally.

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Outside of ARI, Jessica is a Peer Support Counselor and provides art therapy to behavioral health centers & safe homes.

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Jessica has been awarded:

• 2019 & 2020 Atlanta Non-Profit of the Year

• 2021 Georgia Trends Top 40 Under 40

• 2022 Atlanta Business Chronicles Leading Social Entrepreneur in Social Empowerment

• 2022 Top 40 Georgia Innovators

• 2023 Atlanta Magazine’s 2023 Women Making A Mark