Sarai has been helping high risk youth in various capacities for over 21 year and has achieved groundbreaking strides in her field. She has worked with survivors of domestic violence, domestic minor sex trafficking, runaway/homeless youth, foster care/probation minors, group homes/shelters, juvenile courts, and the last 18 yrs supporting human trafficking specific services. Sarai is a specialist in crisis intervention and trauma informed care services for women and children who are at risk or has experienced domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST), sexual abuse. Extensive knowledge in residential and direct services management, victimology, youth development, program and resource development, community building though awareness and teach in events, advocacy in addressing gender violence, social injustice with young girls. She is a executive committee member of the City of Oakland CSEC Task Force and the San Francisco Mayor’s Anti Human Trafficking Task Force, Co-Chair of SFCAHT Program Committee and member of AC United and Contra Costa County Human Trafficking Task Force. Former Co-Chair of Alameda County Sexually Exploited Minors Network. Sarai is also one of the four Co-Founders of MISSSEY and former Department Director and Chairwoman for MISSSEY's Board of Directors. She was previously the Youth Support Center Site Supervisor & CSEC Program Coordinator for DreamCatcher Runaway/Homeless Youth Services Division, where she managed a support center for high risk youth and coordinated the development of the first Alameda County Emergency CSEC Shelter (Nika's Place) with the same non-profit..-opening soon. She is also Founder, Executive Director of Survivors Healing, Advising and Dedicated to Empowerment (S.H.A.D.E) - A survivor based consulting/advocacy org, providing training, awareness events, crisis intervention-victim/survivor advocacy , program and policy development, peer counseling-support groups, bedside advocacy, street outreach and survivor leadership programming.