Human Sex Trafficking

Dr. Kat has a personal story of human trafficking from the time she was just 13 years of age to 17. Throughout her early life, she experienced several separate trafficking scenarios; recruited through a friend in her middle school to more organized crime trafficking rings. Her experiences centered in the metropolitan area of Miami, FL. After escaping trafficking and drug addiction, she went on to experience teen pregnancy followed by a twenty-year abusive relationship. With so many triumphs over unbeatable obstacles, Katariina is now a much sought-after speaker and trainer in the areas of human trafficking and domestic violence as well as an inspirational leader to many women all over the world.

Dr. Kat is the new Survivor Inclusion Officer for United Nations University, FAST (Finance Against Slavery & Trafficking.) She has written two books on human trafficking:

 1. Her memoirs Stolen: The True Story of A Sex Trafficking Survivor 

2. Trafficking in America: Real Life Stories

Dr. Rosemblatt who founded There’s Hope For Me foundation to will be speaking on Zoom from Houston Texas.

She is part of the Federal Speaker’s Bureau for the US Federal Office of Victims of Crime as well as a featured speaker at the National Survivor Leader Forum in Washington, DC, January, 2016 where only a few selected survivor leaders are chosen annually to speak to every federal agency on the issue of human trafficking nationwide.