Cecilia Gentili

And, you know, it wasn't only just like, you know, being arrested.

It was like, you know, being, you know, asked for sexual favors and asked for bribes and money and being humiliated.

So, you know, I would do anything not to be arrested.

I would do basically anything not to be arrested.

And I guess neighbors started calling the police because I was around.

And I...

You know, for a moment I felt like, you know, I found a place where I can just do what I do without being bothered.

And, you know, the police started stopping me and they

I was sexually assaulted by two officers.

And I said, like, you know, it's never going to be a place where I can do what I do.

and not have to go through these things.

It was like this sense of like, it's not a safe place for me in this, anywhere in this city.

And I am just gonna die here.

So I thought like, you know, I have to do something with my life now.

And that was, you know, when the idea of leaving Argentina, trying to build a future came about.

And that's how I came to Miami.

Oh, I thought it was going to be people at the airport waiting for me, offering me jobs.

That was my idea of the United States.

I thought like it were people waving an American flag and saying like, welcome and offering me other jobs.

So I didn't even have to do sex work anymore.