Krissy Zambrano - Support Services Coordinator/CSEC Advocate

Krissy has been with Women’s Center-Youth & Family Services (WCYFS) for 22 months (almost 2 years) but has been in this type of service for 8 years. As a CSEC (Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children) Advocate, Krissy works with minors who are forced into sexual exploitation, they are groomed, manipulated and coerced through the process by someone they believe is trustworthy. Either family members or introduced by friends there is a level of trust in who that person is. The person gets them to believe that no one cares for them like they will, or uses threats that the minor finds viable.

Women's Center–YFS Executive Director Joelle Gomez was recently interviewed by Zenet Negron, with Socially Now. In this interview Joelle and Zenet discuss the services of the Women's Center–YFS, needs for the holidays, and how the community can help.