The Imagine Freedom podcast is produced by the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) in Tallahassee, Florida. STAC Executive Director Robin Hassler Thompson hosts enlightening conversations with survivors of human trafficking who are working to fortify our communities against the often-misunderstood realities of sex and labor trafficking.
Publisher
Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center
Category
society & culture · society & culture · society & culture
In this episode, host Robin Hassler Thompson imagines freedom with Daniela Deas, a trauma-informed professional, survivor leader and social justice advocate with over eight years of experience supporting youth and adults impacted by sex trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation and gender-based violence.
Daniela currently serves as a Survivor Mentor with You Are More Than, Inc., providing group and one-on-one mentorship and supporting economic empowerment through career guidance and small business development. She also works as a Human Trafficking Collaborative Strategic Advisor with the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime, where she supports federally funded anti-trafficking programs nationwide.
Daniela’s background includes direct service, prevention education, and systems-level collaboration with organizations such as Pace Center for Girls, Kristi House, Fair Girls, and the Jewish Community Center. In 2023, she founded Survivors HOPE, a survivor-led nonprofit dedicated to healing and empowerment for commercially sexually exploited youth involved in delinquency systems. A national speaker and panelist, Daniela is known for centering survivor voices, challenging tokenism, and advancing collaborative, equity-driven responses to trafficking. At the Imagine Freedom 2026 Symposium, she brought both lived and professional expertise to the conversation on ending sex trafficking and building survivor-centered systems of care.
Show Notes
Survivors Hope (https://survivors-hope.org/)
The Thrive Space (https://thethrivespace.org/)
Daniela and Robin discussed this Human Trafficking Symposium (https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/freedom-rising-a-community-in-action-symposium-on-sex-and-labor-trafficking/)
Here’s Part 1 and Part 2 of Carter’s Story, 2-minute videos that show how a young boy is groomed by a trafficker. (https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/take-a-look-at-carters-story-part-1-and-2-to-understand-how-traffickers-use-social-media-and-gaming-apps-to-lure-youth/)
National Human Trafficking Hotline (24/7) to answer questions, connect to resources and get help: (https://humantraffickinghotline.org/en) 888-373-7888
Florida Department of Children and Family Services (DCF) Abuse Hotline: (https://www.myflfamilies.com/services/abuse/abuse-hotline) 800-962-2873
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15 Dec 2025
Episode 11: Exploring The Thrive Space Website
This Imagine Freedom podcast is a little different because we’ve adapted it from a webinar that STAC hosted, where we featured The Thrive Space (https://thethrivespace.org/), a great website created by and for survivors of human trafficking and exploitation.
In this episode, host Robin Hassler Thompson (https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/our-team/) imagines freedom with Jamie Rosseland, an expert and brilliant consultant to STAC who created the Thrive Space website with us. This platform is dedicated to eliminating the noise of other websites and providing clear, empowering information for those impacted by trafficking and other forms of exploitation.
If you want to know more, you can watch the full webinar (https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/events/discover-the-thrive-space-a-website-for-survivors-by-survivors/) and actually see them move through pages of the Thrive Space website.
Support Human Trafficking Survivors through STAC
Your gift directly empowers trafficking survivors and the community!
Give Now (https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/donate-now/)
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12 Mar 2025
Episode 10: Katie Papke – Part 2
In this episode, host Robin Hassler Thompson imagines freedom with Katie Papke, LMSW, CAADC, CCHTVSP. Katie is a human trafficking survivor. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker, Certified Advanced…
14 Jan 2025
Episode 9: Evelyn Chumbow
Robin Hassler Thompson explores the power of freedom with Evelyn Chumbow, a survivor of child labor trafficking turned anti-trafficking activist, who shares her life's work to empower others to break free from exploitation.
21 Nov 2024
Episode 8: Katie Papke, LMSW, CAADC
Robin Hassler Thompson interviews Katie Papke, a human trafficking survivor and LMSW, CAADC, about what freedom means to her and how it can be achieved.
2 Jul 2024
Episode 7: Hollie Nadal
In this episode host Robin Hassler Thompson imagines freedom with Hollie Nadal. Hollie’s perspectives and experiences are unique and important to ending human trafficking. They discuss how she trains bankers…
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9 May 2024
Episode 6: 2024 Imagine Freedom Event
Every year, STAC hosts an event called Imagine Freedom to recognize community leaders who have made a difference in the lives of people who have been sex and labor trafficked.…
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17 Jan 2024
Episode 5: Jamie Rosseland
In this episode, we imagine freedom with Jamie Rosseland. Jamie is a lived-experience expert on the topic of human trafficking – and she brings a wealth of knowledge, compassion and…
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14 Sept 2023
Episode 4: Sameer Jain
In this episode, we Imagine Freedom with Sameer Jain. Sameer is a survivor of labor trafficking. He also is an immigrant who The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center had the…
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12 Jul 2023
Episode 3: Dr. Jacquelynn Hairston
In this episode, we imagine freedom with Dr. Jacquelynn Hairston, a public health consultant and human trafficking survivor with a PhD in public health education who is a passionate and…
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10 May 2023
Episode 2: Christabelle Robinson
In this episode, we imagine freedom with Christabelle Robinson. Christabelle is the communications and media specialist for The Global Center on Human Trafficking, where she is involved in everything from…
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20 Mar 2023
Episode 1: Liz Kimbel
In this episode, we imagine freedom with Liz Kimbel, program specialist and board member at the Restoring Ivy Collective. She is a survivor advocate with the Global Center on Human…
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