Human Trafficking Expert and Consultant

Alina Donahue LLC

As a human trafficking instructor and consultant, Alina Donahue travels the country to train law enforcement on the interdiction of human trafficking. However, while teaching others the indicators of human trafficking and the trauma and PTSD experienced by victims, Donahue’s career developed from personal experience.

“As a survivor of human trafficking, I knew that I did not want to be another statistic. I didn’t want to be another story lost in the shadows of such a compelling topic,” Donahue says. “I left my sales job in 2018 to be an advocate. After being an advocate and helping other survivors, I knew that I could make the biggest difference by teaching law enforcement how to interact and identify victims of human trafficking. I manifested this until one day I got a phone call from a past client who said ‘We need another instructor. Are you in?’ I quickly replied, ‘Yes!’”

Beyond her work as an instructor, Donahue also co-created the Shelly Stayer 18-month Human Trafficking residential program at The Shelter for Abused Women and Children. She also serves on the national board for Operation Light Shine and teaches a healthy relationships class to the female inmates in Project Recovery and Cell Dog program.