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Simone is a survivor of Canadian domestic human trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation.  At the age of 21 she become a target for exploitation and was trafficked between Ottawa, Toronto, Niagara Falls and Montreal for a period of four years until her escape.

She is a key member of Voice Found and Ilinniapaa Campus-Strive to Learn, providing experiential knowledge to our consulting work including advising on training materials and presenting to front-line professionals; development of public outreach materials; collaboration with justice, health and education officials, and providing one-on-one survivor support to other youth and adult victims of human trafficking.

Veronica Buckley is the All-Source Intelligence Analysis Manager with the Disruption Strategies team at Polaris, where she researches and analyzes different types of human trafficking. Her primary responsibility is to support the national initiative to end human trafficking in illicit massage businesses (IMB) by providing actionable intelligence and analytic insights on national trends to internal leadership and strategic partners.

Ms. Buckley joined Polaris in August 2015 after working in both the public and private sectors, where she worked closely with law enforcement and other government officials.

About Polaris
Polaris is a leader in the global fight to eradicate modern slavery. Named after the North Star that guided slaves to freedom in the U.S., Polaris systemically disrupts the human trafficking networks that rob human beings of their lives and their freedom. Their comprehensive model puts victims at the center of what we do – helping survivors restore their freedom, preventing more victims, and leveraging data and technology to pursue traffickers wherever they operate.

David Medina is a Strategic Research Analyst in Polaris’ Data Analysis Program where his research is focused on Labor Trafficking in the industry of Agriculture. More specifically, David is investigating violations in the labor recruitment supply chain of the H-2A visa guest worker program and the exploitation and trafficking of undocumented migrants in agriculture across the US. David is an M.A. graduate in International Affairs from the Elliott School at George Washington University. In his three years in Washington DC, David has worked as a Program Manager at the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area, and most recently, as a Global Security Analyst at the World Bank Group. David also worked as a security consultant for Espacios de Mujer, a Medellin, Colombia-based NGO that assists and reintegrates victims of human trafficking. Prior to this, David worked as a researcher at Mahidol University’s Institute for Population and Social Research in Bangkok, Thailand, where he investigated the nexus between human trafficking and access to education in the ASEAN economic region. David has a background in teaching, coaching, and diversity workshop facilitation. He is bilingual and an avid travel and sports enthusiast.