I Was Trafficked As A 22-Year-Old Massage Therapy Student, A Conversation with Teresa J. Helm, Jeffrey Epstein Trafficking Survivor And Advocate

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4.7 • 762 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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0:00.0	Today's episode is a Teresa J. Helm.
0:03.0	Teresa was a 22-year-old massage therapy student when she was offered the opportunity to work for a high-profile client as a traveling massage therapist.
0:12.0	Instead, she ended up being groomed, sexually assaulted, and trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and his network of exploitors.
0:19.0	Today, Teresa is an advocate for victims, working as the Survivor Services Coordinator at the National Center of Sexual Exploitation Law Center.
0:28.5	During this episode, Teresa shares her experience being a sex trafficking victim of Jeffrey Epstein and Galane Maxwell,
0:35.7	how she's used that experience to help other victims in her
0:38.2	position at the National Center of Sexual Exploitation's Law Center, and how parents and caregivers
0:43.6	can recognize the signs of grooming. With that, let's jump into the conversation. We hope you
0:50.2	enjoy this episode of Consider Before Consuming.
1:00.4	For the listeners who aren't familiar with who you are, can you answer some general questions, just like who you are, where you're from before we dive into your experience
1:05.8	and talk about sexual exploitation? Sure. My name's Teresa J. Helm. And amongst other things in life, I am a survivor
1:16.9	leader and an advocate and a mentor and a speaker. And I advocate a lot for sexual abuse and exploitation
1:27.0	survivors. The other things that I am, I'm a mom of two
1:31.8	amazing, brilliant, wonderful kids. And I have a background in health care. I'm a student,
1:37.9	midwife. Out of all of those things, what are you most proud of? Being a mom. Yeah, that's good.
1:44.9	Yeah.
1:45.2	I was hoping that was going to be your answer.
1:47.0	For sure.
1:47.9	Going back to one of the things on your resume, you are currently working with Nicosi.
1:54.1	Can you speak to what they do, who they are, and what your role is there?
2:00.2	So Nicosi is the National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
2:05.3	We are an organization nationally and both internationally that is fighting against
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