Imagine being in the middle of a park, stuck in a box that was sound proof and no one could see you but you could see everyone around you. They are conversing and carrying on with their everyday life. You pound violently on the glass walls and shriek in hopes someone would hear your cries. Now imagine a beautiful fifteen-year-old girl with blonde flown hair and the biggest smile on her face standing on a sidewalk at Troost in Kansas City batting her luscious eyes at everyone that passes her by. What people do not know is she is the same person trapped in that box crying for help, but not letting it out. Sex trafficking is the second or third most profitable crime in the world according to the Missouri School Counselor Association.

“I hate sex trafficking with a passion. I think it is actually one of the most inhumane things on this planet. It is so wrong forcing someone against their own will to become a sex slave. If these men or women trafficking these girls or boys have kids imagine if this was their child they need to put themselves in the shoes of these parents and see how much it hurts having your child in a situation like that because I know that they would not like their child in a situation like that and they would probably do anything to protect them from that” senior Alice Mahinda said.

There are currently 161 countries affected by human trafficking, which comes to a $32 billion industry. Today in the United States the average entry to prostitution is 12-14 years old.

“I would like to get involved in helping to end sex trafficking. I would want to go to the place this problem is the worst and help rescue girls and women and even boys. I want to create a protected shelter where they are brought and they can have counseling help, therapy, and other things where they are safe and are able to feel safe again and able to become human again. The best part would be that these people would be able to become human again and not fear the world or the things around them.”