Marlene Carson

SurThriver of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking, Chair of the U.S. Advisory Council on Trafficking, Author, Founder of Black Leaders Against Sex Trafficking.

While many people have a textbook knowledge of the perils faced by teenage girls forced into prostitution, Dr. Carson knows from her own personal experience. At age 15, she became one of the tens of thousands of girls and young adult women who are exploited daily. She was a single mother of 4 children before the age of 22, seemingly hopeless, yet hopeful. Dr. Carson has defied the odds that were against her and went from surviving to thriving. Self proclaimed SurThrivalist, Dr. Carson is a Survivor that’s Thriving.

It is her mission to help women from all walks of life to acknowledge their God given identity, answer the call, and fulfill their mandate.