"I'm so glad you're here!" Annie joyously proclaims, while jumping up and down.

Every time a new survivor comes through our doors. Whether an adult woman, seeking two years of respite and deep healing in our residential home, or a child in our Foster Kairos program arriving for weekly therapy and additional resources.

Staff would have to remind her that trafficking survivors usually aren't fans of touch from people they don't know.

She knows this, she just forgets in all her excitment.

Eventually, she learns to exclaim her joy from a bit of a distance