dmao_name = "Diana Mao"
dmao_bio = "Diana received a B.A. in Business Economics/Accounting and Chinese at the University of California Santa Barbara and a Masters in Public Administration at Wagner, New York University. She is currently a senior consultant at a firm that specializes in governmental services. Diana had the privilege of meeting Nomi in Cambodia and could identify with Nomi's story because she also faced economical insecurity due to her mother's mental illness during her childhood. Fortunately, Diana lived in a country with a social system that insulated her from the vulnerabilities. Diana believes that she has been blessed with opportunities to rise above her circumstances and that \"to whom much is given much is required.\""

amoore_name = "Alissa A. Moore"
amoore_bio = "Alissa graduated from Skidmore College with Honors and a double major in Theatre and American Studies and she is still involved in Theatre via her work for the Education and Government Departments at Theatre Communications Group. Alissa first became intrigued by issues of social justice in college. She is the Liaison to Related Organizations for the anti-trafficking awareness and fundraising campaign, Stop Child Trafficking Now, and she was the coordinator for seventeen screenings of the anti-slavery documentary Call + Response at Tribeca Cinemas. Alissa came face to face with several survivors of sex trafficking while visiting Cambodia, and she returned with a determination to serve these beautiful persons and battle this brutal industry."

sliu_name = "Supei Liu"
sliu_bio = "Supei is a dual graduate of Penn State University and the Fashion Institute of Technology, with over twelve years of experience in retail and wholesale as a buyer, planner, and director. In June of 2005, she volunteered in Zambia, and it was there that she first noticed the need to bridge the gap between local workers and western buyers. She believes this kind of bridge is necessary in order for all people to have the opportunity to move away from their condition of poverty, and towards a better future for them and their children."

lkim_name = "Lisa Kim"
lkim_bio = "Lisa graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a dual baccalaureate degree in Film Studies and Law.  She also obtained her Juris Doctorate degree at Whittier Law School with a Certificate in International Law.  She loves watching films and supports artists whose works confront apathy, and challenge viewers to work towards ethical changes in all cultures.  Her experience in Uganda shaped her desire to serve the legal and global communities as a legal advocate.  Through such advocacy, she hopes to add her voice to the defense of the rights of those caught in an oppressive cycle of poverty and disease."

achen_name = "Ava Chen"
achen_bio = "Ava received a B.S. in Information and Computer Science at the University of California Irvine. During her internship at the International Justice Mission, she learned about sex trafficking and committed to working toward social justice. She then joined Teach For America and earned a Masters in Teaching from Pace University. After completing her term with TFA, she earned a Masters in Public Health from the New York University Master's Program in Global Public Health where she studied violence against adolescents in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. She is currently senior consultant at a government services firm."