Cristian Eduardo

Cristian is an advocate, speaker and educator for anti-trafficking initiatives - including the Equality Model, - immigrant and LGBTQ+ rights. He is a survivor of international and domestic human trafficking, a Mexican immigrant, a person living with HIV, a member of the LGBTQ+ community, and someone who speaks openly about the mental health challenges he has faced that frequently result from trauma. Cristian Eduardo is a Survivor Leader at New Yorkers for the Equality Model, New York State Anti-Trafficking Coalition, New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking and a member of PACT-USA's Survivors' Council. He is the Co-founder of United Immigrants of New York and Mujeres en Resistencia, coalitions of advocates focus on creating awareness and educating about gender based-violence, including femicide and connecting the Spanish-speaking community with accessible resources. Cristian Eduardo's inspiration for his social justice work is to give insight that victims always remain human beings.

Nov. 19, 2024

Episode 13: What Men Think

So much of the conversation around trafficking and sexual exploitation involves women - women make up the majority of the victims and they also make up the majority of advocates and gender-based violence experts. Men, though they play a central role in these systems of exploitation, often don't seem interested in changing this toxic status quo. In this special edition of Exit Wound, Melanie invites three male allies - Cristian Eduardo, Alex Delgado, and Ali Bien-Aimé - to join her in explorin...

Guests: Ali Bien- Aimé , Cristian Eduardo , Alexander Delgado

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