and they find their way to casa ruby. >> so what are the kind of things you experienced when you got 16? >> i ended up being in the washington, d.c. area homeless with no resources. eventually i transitioned my gender and things got worse because i couldn't find employment. so, i fell into situations of human trafficking and slavery. i went to live in a house where the only time i could leave the house was to go to work. the family will actually take me to work, pick me up. and then the only time i will get to really go out into the world was to cash my check so i could give it back to them. and even in that situation i was thankful because i was not waking up to gunshots. i was not waking up to bombs. and at some point i accepted that was part of the journey. >> you're talking about human trafficking and slavery in this country? >> yes. >> a lot of times people think that's happening somewhere else. you're talking about here in the united states of america. when someone comes your way who they have been abused that way through human trafficking or slavery, you have to really rebuild