in the studio is the young lady from the sage project, saundra domingue, who sponsored trafficking --perienced trafficking firsthand. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> cheryl: tell me about the sage project. what is it? >> sage is an intensive outpatient program. we provide services for women and girls, women 18 and up. girls 12 to 17. we provide an array of services such as substance abuse services, mental health services, therapy, emdr therapy. >> cheryl: so very comprehensive. >> yes. >> cheryl: tell me what happened to you, please. >> when i was 17 years old, there was a lot of of physical d emotional abuse in the home. so i left home. and i fell into the hands of pimps and was lured into being sexually exploited by them for a number of years. >> cheryl: how did you get out of it? >> i went to prison. i went to prison and i did a term of two years. and when i was in prison, i engaged in the cosmetology class and when i got up a opened a beauty salon and that's how you got out of prostitution. >> cheryl: but it took going to prison to realize what happened