Laila Mickelwait

No, I had no idea.

I was so blessed. I mean, he was just, and he passed suddenly in 2014. But, you know, it was him who, you know, it was during this season of time when I was searching and I was realizing that where I was going to find real happiness in life and purpose was to start looking outward and seeking to where I can invest myself, right? And it was at this time when my dad showed me a documentary.

I was so blessed. I mean, he was just, and he passed suddenly in 2014. But, you know, it was him who, you know, it was during this season of time when I was searching and I was realizing that where I was going to find real happiness in life and purpose was to start looking outward and seeking to where I can invest myself, right? And it was at this time when my dad showed me a documentary.

I was so blessed. I mean, he was just, and he passed suddenly in 2014. But, you know, it was him who, you know, it was during this season of time when I was searching and I was realizing that where I was going to find real happiness in life and purpose was to start looking outward and seeking to where I can invest myself, right? And it was at this time when my dad showed me a documentary.

He called me into the living room and showed me a documentary that he was watching about child sex trafficking in Calcutta, India. And I was so horrified by what I saw. I was so impacted by what I saw that I began to research and I began to investigate this particular crime. It wasn't that many people were talking about it at the time.

He called me into the living room and showed me a documentary that he was watching about child sex trafficking in Calcutta, India. And I was so horrified by what I saw. I was so impacted by what I saw that I began to research and I began to investigate this particular crime. It wasn't that many people were talking about it at the time.

He called me into the living room and showed me a documentary that he was watching about child sex trafficking in Calcutta, India. And I was so horrified by what I saw. I was so impacted by what I saw that I began to research and I began to investigate this particular crime. It wasn't that many people were talking about it at the time.

It's a really good question. Why did that particularly arrest my attention? I think it was a combination of kind of the innocence. It was about child sex trafficking and how I felt like it was almost the...

It's a really good question. Why did that particularly arrest my attention? I think it was a combination of kind of the innocence. It was about child sex trafficking and how I felt like it was almost the...

It's a really good question. Why did that particularly arrest my attention? I think it was a combination of kind of the innocence. It was about child sex trafficking and how I felt like it was almost the...

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That's the worst possible crime. I think it was a combination of understanding the innocence and then the the devastation of that innocence through this particular means of something that I didn't know existed, right? Was this modern day slavery, right? We thought this was gone and it was at a time, most people are familiar with this now, right?

That's the worst possible crime. I think it was a combination of understanding the innocence and then the the devastation of that innocence through this particular means of something that I didn't know existed, right? Was this modern day slavery, right? We thought this was gone and it was at a time, most people are familiar with this now, right?

That's the worst possible crime. I think it was a combination of understanding the innocence and then the the devastation of that innocence through this particular means of something that I didn't know existed, right? Was this modern day slavery, right? We thought this was gone and it was at a time, most people are familiar with this now, right?

And human trafficking, most people know this, but at that time it was not very common to speak about. And so it was shocking, but it was the combination of the innocence. And then it was this, you know, I, It was this combination of horror at what was going on, and I felt drawn to investigate it, to learn. I began reading, you know, a book by Kevin Bell.

And human trafficking, most people know this, but at that time it was not very common to speak about. And so it was shocking, but it was the combination of the innocence. And then it was this, you know, I, It was this combination of horror at what was going on, and I felt drawn to investigate it, to learn. I began reading, you know, a book by Kevin Bell.

And human trafficking, most people know this, but at that time it was not very common to speak about. And so it was shocking, but it was the combination of the innocence. And then it was this, you know, I, It was this combination of horror at what was going on, and I felt drawn to investigate it, to learn. I began reading, you know, a book by Kevin Bell.

I mean, I kind of came into it. I was an acrobat when I was, you know, from the time I was eight years old. And I was an accomplished acrobat. And I had actually was accepted to Cirque du Soleil in Montreal. My dad wouldn't let me join the circus. Surprise, surprise. But I had gotten involved with a local acrobatic group. And part of the group was this friend that I made that was a pole dancer.