As previously mentioned, anyone can be the prey of a trafficker, typically those who are in a vulnerable state. At only the age of fourteen, a woman named Holly Austin Smith had been taken into the sex trafficking trade. This was during the time period between the transition from middle school to high school where she found herself struggling to fit in with her friends, while dealing with family problems. Through her description, it was a time where she was waiting and wanting to connect with someone, and stated “I was looking for someone to acknowledge me in some way” (Smith). Although she had been previously sexually abused by a relative, and suffered from depression after this, her new encounter opened other doors. One day, nonchalantly