About me
Ms. Flores has been a licensed Social Worker for over twenty years. She received a Master's in Counseling Education from University of Dayton and a Bachelor's of Social Work from Ball State University. Ms. Flores was appointed to the Ohio Attorney General's Human Trafficking Commission in 2009 and has testified before the Ohio House and Senate in supports of Human Trafficking Legislation. Her efforts were a major part of the success of these bills being passed into laws. Additionally, the "Theresa Flores Law" was passed in Michigan that eliminates the statute of limitation for children who have been trafficked. Most recently, Ms. Flores was selected as 2017 L'oreal Woman of Worth Top Ten.
Flores is a survivor of domestic child sex trafficking and was sold in an underground crime ring in an upper middle class suburb outside Detroit from the time she was 15-17 years old. She now works with other survivors and is the Assistant Investigator with Global Centurion researching the mental and physical health problems of over 200 domestic trafficking survivors. The study entitled, "The Health Consequences of Human Trafficking" will provide best practices and systemic recommendations for health care providers.
Ms. Flores was featured by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Museum in a traveling exhibit entitled, Invisible Slavery and has published many books including, "The Slave Across the Street" (in the UK and US) and "Slavery in the Land of the Free- a Student's Guide to Modern Day Slavery". Ms. Flores was the featured in a short documentary, "The Girl Next Door", which has won many awards at film festivals all across the U.S.
