itirado_name = "Ivan Tirado"
itirado_bio = "Ivan is an instructional designer who is currently pursing a PhD in Education and Instructional Design. He has a Masters Degree in Education (M.Ed.) in Instructional Technology from American Intercontinental University. Ivan has an eclectic background holding positions as a radio announcer, stand-up comedian, graphic artist and designer, video editor, office manager, art instructor, special education teacher, computer instructor, training specialist, and data systems developer. Ivan joined Nomi Network because he and his wife have two beautiful children and can't imagine any child being forced into sexual slavery."

kfujioka_name = "Keli 'A.H. Fujioka"
kfujioka_bio = "Keli 'A.H. Fujioka is a visual communicator who enjoys working with people to help solve problems to make business and life run smoother. As a graphic designer, she is constantly striving for effective communication. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii she grew up in a very diverse mix of people from all over the world. Keli enjoys traveling and learning about other ways of life and is influenced and inspired by people and their cultures. She developed her knowledge of Graphic Design at the Art Institute of Seattle, receiving her BFA in Graphic Design. Keli is passionate about social justice and offered her gifts and talent to Nomi Network to help make this non-profit succeed."

dbecchio_name = "Dia Becchio"
dbecchio_bio = "Dia is the founder of Figtree International, a woman owned business that offers full-service graphic arts firm providing media and website development. She is passionate about small business development and entrepreneurship because she believes that the old adage \"Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime\" is a vital key in releasing children, families, and communities from poverty. In the fight against poverty and human trafficking, a very small increase in income can make an immense impact in the lives of those born into unfavorable circumstances. Dia believes that education, marketable skills and training can give a family the chance of a better life."

iyen_name = "Iris Yen"
iyen_bio = "Iris received a B.A. in International Studies and a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, and a J.D. and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University School of Law and Kellogg School of Management. Recently, Iris wrote an article on the economics of sex trafficking that was later published in a law journal. She is currently an associate with a management consulting firm. Iris felt a calling to Southeast Asia, and traveled extensively within the region. She hopes to apply the educational and professional opportunities with which she has been blessed to poverty alleviation efforts."

achang_name = "Alice Chang"
achang_bio = "Alice currently works as a threat analyst in the field of computer security. After graduating from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a B.S. degree in computer science, she moved to Washington, DC, to work as a security analyst. Women's rights and human dignity have been something she cares deeply about; her upbringing and personal experiences spawned a furious desire to respect the sanctity of human life. By some stroke of chance, she among others had the fortune to obtain relative security and an education; her hope is to extend this same chance of a better life to others."

sbauer_name = "Stephen Bauer"
sbauer_bio = "Stephen graduated from Don Bosco Prep, in Ramsey, N.J., in 1973, and Stevens Institute of Technology in 1977. In 2009, he will be receiving a master's degree in Administrative Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Stephen's career has been in information technology and has been working for a major, money center bank for the past 29 years. Stephen is married with two teenage sons, and in his spare time he reads, rents movies, attends his son's sporting events and is active in the church. Stephen describes his personality as intense. He sees Nomi Network as a great opportunity to serve others."

switten_name = "Spence Witten"
switten_bio = "Spence is currently Director of Business Intelligence for a cyber security company in Washington DC, and previously served as the senior analyst at a venture capital and nonprofit consulting company. An active volunteer with a number of international and domestic volunteer organizations, he is passionate about deploying innovative business and technological ideas to creatively solve the world's most challenging problems. Spence majored in International Politics at Transylvania University in Lexington KY, where he led grant funded research on the impacts of micro-lending on gender inequality and familiar politics. He also spearheaded a number of local Kentucky initiatives to reduce violence against women."

telshahawi_name = "Tanya Elshahawi"
telshahawi_bio = "Tanya Elshahawi is a graphic design student at American University in Washington DC where the school holds true to its core statement of purpose--\"turning ideas into action and action into service.\" Since enrolling at AU three years ago, she has worked with groups on campus to promote social change and has worked under professional designers who have inspired her to use her talents and her voice as a designer wisely. She believes that visual communication is a global language, that justice is a God-given right, that everyone has something to offer and that small changes can create big change. She will graduate in May 2010 and hopes to continue \"seeking justice and correcting oppression\" as God enables her."

dtsuchida_name = "Deborah Tsuchida"
dtsuchida_bio = "Deborah Tsuchida currently leads Nomi Network's public relation efforts and provides technical advice on Nomi's anti-trafficking programs. With 7 years experience in humanitarian and child protection programming, she has worked in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America/Caribbean, and Europe. Since receiving her Masters certificate from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in 2002, Deborah's passion and work has focused on empowering children at-risk and survivors of sexual exploitation/trafficking, as well as children associated with armed forces (\"child soldiers\"). Prior to joining Nomi Network, Deborah also served with other international organizations including Save the Children, International Rescue Committee, FFH and ACF."

jfinch_name = "Jamie Finch"
jfinch_bio = "Jamie is a writer with a nomadic heart that has currently found itself in New York City working with Nomi Network. She has traveled to and lived in many different places throughout the world including Russia, The Netherlands, Italy, Ghana, Liberia, Trinidad, and Thailand. It was during her time spent in Thailand, living and working with the family of a formerly trafficked woman, that her heart found its calling—to fight all forms of darkness and set captives free. In addition to working for NOMI Network, she is an editor of an online publication for spiritual misfits wreckedfortheordinary.com, and contributes to numerous other blogs and newsletters."

slee_name = "Stanley Lee"
slee_bio = "Born and raised in New York City, Stanley became interested in joining the fight against slavery whie he was in high school. When he first read about the life that the girls lived in Cambodia as slaves and prostitutes he felt a violent stirring in his soul that said \"this just ain't right.\" As he grew spiritually in his college's Christian fellowship, he was more and more convinced that he was born to fight for justice. Currently, he serves with the Nomi Network team when he's not galloping into battle mounted on his mighty copy machine as a paralegal in the US Attorney's Office or finishing his M.A in Humanities and Social Thought at NYU."

tchan_name = "Thomas Chan"
tchan_bio = "Thomas is a M.P.S.- Interactive Telecommunications candidate at New York University. He has over seven years experience as a senior software engineer in companies such as Primitive Logic, GE Healthcare, and Screaming Solutions Software. Thomas is also fluent in French."

gwassung_name = "Gavin Wassung"
gwassung_bio = "Gavin Wassung is a young art director working in New York City. His work includes clients such as Clinique, DHL, Hanes, The Hartford, Hershey's, and Timex. Gavin is a graduate from Pratt Institute's Communication Design Department."