Warrior/Survivor Amy Andrews-Gray

With over 10 years experience working with trauma victims, Amy Andrews- Gray is Executive Director and Co-Founder of Survivors Consultation Network which provides crisis interventions, trauma informed advocacy and mentorship, placement assistance and court advocacy. With 25 keynote speeches and over 50 public appearances, Ms. Andrews is also a well-known and established public speaker. She speaks at conferences and holds informational workshops and trainings on issues related to Human Trafficking throughout the United States for public, private and government agencies as an independent consultant. Amy Andrews is a certified human trafficking advocate, a certified court advocate and a true subject matter expert. She works collaboratively with NGO’s and governmental agencies to develop strategies for best practices. Amy also developed a vicarious trauma prevention retreat for survivor leaders who are working as advocates and providing services to other victims. During her career, Ms. Andrews has accomplished many firsts. In 2014, Amy was the first trafficking survivor in San Bernardino County who was asked to accompany Law Enforcement in a nationwide sweep, (Operation Cross Country.) She was asked to provide advocacy to the victims who were arrested. Amy’s organization is also the first to secure trafficking specific housing for a minor victim, and have the courts release the victim to her and then transport victim to facility. Amy has experience speaking to and training psychotherapists, psychologists, psychiatrists’, social workers, law enforcement, teachers, high school and college students, counselors as well as spiritual and religious individuals. Her inclusive approach holds great value in breaking apart the roots of human trafficking in a collaborative way. She enjoys incorporating humor into her public appearances due to the level of seriousness the topic of human trafficking carries.