This project challenges stereotypes of prostituted and trafficked women and demonstrates that access to higher education can enable them to exit the cycle of sexual exploitation and become self-sufficient members of society.

Prevailing misconceptions regarding the academic potential of many women caught in the cycle of prostitution result in job training and employment alternatives well below the potential of many, such as supermarket check-out, sewing or arranging flowers. Furthermore, such low-paid jobs are often insufficient to sustain most women and their children, resulting in their re-entry to the cycle. This pilot program seeks to demonstrate that by offering women in prostitution the opportunity to fulfill their highest ambitions, with the close mentorship of other women who have transformed their lives through education, they will be able to exit the cycle of violence permanently, and become self-sufficient members of society. It is not enough these women survive, they can and deserve to thrive.