"I work a minimum wage job because I was charged with those eight counts [of sex trafficking]. A little bit about about me, I was a sex worker, I started a little late— I started when I was 30. I did it to get out of a domestic violence situation. I have two wonderful kids I was able to raise because I was a sex worker. And along with that, I had insurance. l was able to pay my bills. Once I was arrested, that shit went away. Now I work minimum wage and I have to take food stamps. I don't know what the hell this country is thinking, taking away our rights as sex workers. I feel very emotional about it still. Fear puts us in the background and that's not going to happen anymore. With FOSTA and SESTA, we are standing in the forefront and calling out for our rights. What is being done is not okay. We are going to be loud and we are going to be coming together in solitary...For those that say sex work is exploitative and demeaning, I say you've never worked a minimum wage job.”