Global Hope 365 Coffee Meetup Educational Series
November 20, 2021 @ 9:00AM — 10:00AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Raising Awareness, Saving Lives about Human Trafficking and Child Marriage prevalent among us
Understanding all forms of human trafficking including labor and sex trafficking across the bilateral corridor/border.
Speaker:
Marisa B. Ugarte, Executive Director, Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition, Corredor Bilateral de Seguridad
In her role as the Executive Director of the Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition, Marisa Ugarte brings more than 20 years of experience in advocacy for exploited men, women and children, and in assisting and at-risk youth.
Ms. Ugarte has a Dr. Honoris Causa in social work and psychology. She spent three years developing social services programs in Tijuana, Mexico. Ms. Ugarte is founder of the Binational Crisis Line in Tijuana, as well as the Domestic Violence Crisis Center for the Sistema Nacional para el Desarollo Integral de la Familia, Tijuana (DIF Tijuana). Ms. Ugarte continues to be an advisor to DIF and to the Civil Protection and Disaster Crisis Prevention Program in Mexico.
In the United States, Ms. Ugarte convenes an annual anti-trafficking conference in San Diego, and is an active speaker at conferences nationwide and internationally of human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of women and children. Her public speaking engagements have included: The Artesana (Successful Coalition Building), Texas; the Millennium Conference, and the International Institute (Restructuring the Justice System in Mexico).
Ms. Ugarte has also taught at both the University of California, San Diego; the University of San Diego, and a Masters degree-level module of classes for Crisis Intervention at the University of Xochicalco, Mexico.
Ms. Ugarte is an alumnus of the San Francisco College for Women/USD; and Dun Barton University, Washington, D.C