Intensive, survivor-informed trainings built to equip law enforcement and organizations with the skills, language, and insight to identify and disrupt human trafficking.
Delivered by one of the nation’s leading experts in the field.
The Human Trafficking Training Organizations Have Been Waiting For
Finally...
Despite hundreds of human trafficking resources, too many still miss the mark. They focus on definitions over detection and theory over real-world strategy.
What’s needed is actionable, and survivor-informed education that bridges the gap between between training rooms and what actually happens in the field.
Real tools that work in the field to help you show up for victims with empathy and effectiveness.
trainings Built to
educate, equip & elevate
your impact.
High-impact sessions designed to shift mindsets, inform policy, and equip professionals, taught by a leading expert with firsthand experience.
Sector-specific workshops, keynote speaking, consulting, and expert witness services, all grounded in lived experience and real-world application.
Survivor-informed training sessions designed to equip law enforcement, nonprofit staff, educators, and communities with the tools to recognize and respond to human trafficking.
What Alina Offers
Alina Donahue is a nationally recognized advocate, educator, and survivor reshaping the response to human trafficking.
As the founder of the Human Trafficking Education & Response Academy (HTERA), she delivers high-impact, survivor-informed training to law enforcement and frontline professionals across the country.
A co-creator of the groundbreaking 18-month residential program at The Shelly Stayer Shelter in Immokalee, FL,
Alina helped establish a national model for aftercare services for adult female survivors of sex trafficking.
Her work has shaped survivor aftercare, informed justice-system responses, and established her as a trusted voice in the
anti-trafficking field.
Meet Your Instructor:
Alina Donahue
With thousands of officers trained and over twelve years of lived and frontline experience, Alina bridges the critical gap between policy and practice—offering real-world tools to recognize, respond to, and prevent human trafficking.
She’s a graduate of Leadership Collier, a Naples Illustrated “Top 100 One to Watch,” and a Gulfshore Business 40 Under 40 honoree for her leadership in the anti-trafficking movement.
Combining lived experience with frontline expertise for real-world impact.
Backed by 500+ hours of dedicated research and content development.
Trusted nationwide, with trainings delivered to agencies in more than 16 states.
Training You Can Trust...
WHY WORK WITH ALINA?
Choose from sector-specific sessions designed to educate, equip, and empower your team.
All sessions are 60–90 minutes and can be delivered individually or bundled for a half-day or full-day experience.
Virtual and In person sessions available.
OUR TRAINING MENU
Understanding Survivors of Trafficking
Perfect for advocates working in direct service, this session explores how to recognize trauma responses, understand barriers to disclosure, and build trust with survivors.
Nonprofit Scenarios: Intake, Shelter Living, & Safety Planning
This hands-on session uses real-world scenarios to help direct service advocates recognize trauma responses, navigate barriers to disclosure, and build trust with survivors. We dive into intake processes, do’s and don’ts, shelter living dynamics, and safety planning—equipping you
with practical tools for everyday situations.
Boundaries & Burnout: Caring Without Breaking
Designed for all advocates, this real-talk session tackles one of the biggest challenges in the field: how to care deeply without burning out. Learn how to set healthy boundaries, recognize signs of compassion fatigue, and stay grounded in this work. This session offers honest insight into what it takes to sustain your role without losing yourself.
Exposing the Gaps: What Survivors Need from Systems
This session offers a powerful, survivor-informed look at where systems often fall short and how leadership can respond with accountability, collaboration, and meaningful change. Designed for those in decision-making roles, it helps leaders better understand both the evolving needs of survivors and the day-to-day challenges their direct service staff face.
Trauma-informed, survivor-centered, and rooted in real-world practice.
Nonprofits & Direct Service Providers
Human Trafficking: Indicators & Misconceptions
A reality check on what trafficking truly looks like in the field—and how to recognize it beyond the stereotypes. This session equips officers with practical tools to identify red flags, build rapport with victims, and take informed action during investigations
Understanding Traffickers & Pimps: Recruitment & Control Tactics
Dive into pimp culture, manipulation tactics, and the 'PIMPS' control model. This session breaks down common trafficker profiles, behavioral patterns, and historical context to help attendees better understand how traffickers operate.
Crime Scene: Hotel Room Edition
Walk through a hands-on scenario that reinforces what to look for and how to document it.
Forced Criminality & Case Study
Avoid charging the victim: this powerful session challenges you to reframe 'bad behavior' as a direct result of victimization. Through a detailed case study, we’ll examine how forced criminality plays out in real life
Understanding the Game: Inside Human Trafficking, Forced Criminality, W/Case Study
This dynamic training gives law enforcement a practical, survivor-informed
understanding of human trafficking, with a focus on how traffickers recruit and control victims.
Grounded in lived experience and designed for the field.
For Law Enforcement, Prosecutors & First Responders
Human Trafficking 101- Civilian Friendly
Learn the basics of how human trafficking works, including the AMP Model (Action, Means, Purpose), key statistics, and how trafficking differs from child exploitation. This session offers a clear, foundational understanding for anyone looking to better recognize and respond to trafficking in their community.
What Every Parent Should Know
Designed for parents, caregivers, and guardians who want to better protect their kids online and offline. Learn how to spot red flags, set digital boundaries, and start age-appropriate
conversations that build trust and prevent exploitation.
Own Your Voice: Confidence, Consent & Calling It Out
This empowering session is designed for high school and college students and includes open, honest discussions about sex, rape, and sexual abuse. Participants will discuss consent, recognize manipulation and coercion, and build the confidence to set boundaries and speak up
for themselves and others.
Grooming Isn’t Always Obvious: How Predators Build Trust
Designed for parents, educators, and community members, this session unpacks how traffickers and abusers use grooming tactics to gain access to youth. Learn the warning signs, how manipulation builds over time, and what trusted adults can do to interrupt the cycle early.
Awareness sessions that spark understanding and action.
For Community, Educators, and General Audiences
Healthy Relationships
This session helps survivors explore what safe, respectful, and empowering relationships can look like—especially after experiencing betrayal, coercion, or control.
Safe People, Safe Spaces
Learn how to identify red flags in others, what real support looks like, and how to build a community that honors your healing.
Telling It on Your Terms: Speaking in the Anti-Trafficking Field
This session is for survivors who are curious about becoming keynote speakers, trainers, or advocates in the anti-trafficking movement. Participants will learn how to share with impact—without re-traumatizing themselves—and explore what it takes to work professionally in this field.
Clearing the Record: Understanding & Using Record Relief Laws
Survivors of trafficking are often criminalized for actions they were forced to commit. This session breaks down record relief laws—like expungement, vacatur, and sealing— and shows how they can be used to reclaim dignity, restore rights, and open doors for housing, employment, and healing.
Dating After Trauma: What Safe Love Can Look Like
Explores how trauma can affect dating and intimacy, and helps survivors identify what real connection, respect, and emotional safety feel like.
Designed for survivors currently enrolled in a support program, shelter, or long-term care setting.
Empowerment & Healing Series for Survivors
Book a format that works best for your team; full day, short session, in-person or virtual
Flexible learning
Alina can lend her expertise and lived-experience to help your organization learn, execute and make an impact.
An expert with lived experience
Alina offers in-person, hands-on training in the U.S. and throughout the world.
any location, worldwide!
Impact In Your Organization & The World
curated trainings designed to Create
Expert offerings that are built to educate, equip, and elevate your impact.
Additional Services Offered
HTERA is available to participate in or moderate expert panels, deliver conference breakout sessions, and lead sector-specific presentations. All sessions are grounded in lived experience and frontline knowledge.
Book Alina Donahue, a nationally recognized survivor leader and speaker, for your conference, gala, or awareness event.
Keynote Speaking, Event & Conference Presentations
Let us build tailored learning experiences for your team. Includes custom role-play scenarios, sector-specific case studies, and materials for staff onboarding or
ongoing education.
Consulting for Program & Policy Development
With a deep understanding of sex trafficking dynamics, grooming tactics, and victim behavior, HTERA offers expert witness support for active cases and trials.
Expert Witness Services
Organizations can license select personal essays or survivor stories written by Alina Donahue for internal trainings, educational use, or fundraising campaigns. Each piece is crafted to humanize the issue and inspire action—without requiring a live speaking engagement.
Article & Lived Experience Licensing
I’ve had the honor of working alongside Alina Donahue through her Training Academy and Atlanta Redemption Ink on several occasions. As someone with lived experience in forced criminality, I don’t say this lightly—her insight and expertise in this space are much needed. I’ve sat in on her trainings, and the clarity, accuracy, and depth she brings to the table is vital. Alina doesn’t just repeat surface-level information—she unpacks the systems many overlook, and she does it with a trauma-informed lens that’s grounded in reality.
-Jessica Lamb, Founder & Executive Director, Atlanta Redemption Ink
"I don’t say this lightly—her insight and expertise in this space are much needed. "
Learn more about Alina's offerings and trainings - contact us today!
From Compassion to Capacity: Preventing Burnout with Boundaries
general audience
Human Trafficking 101:
What Everyone Should Know
The Reality of Forced Criminality in Human Trafficking
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Investment
Keynote Speaking
Starting at $5,000 + Travel & Accommodations
Conference Presentations
Pricing based on event
Expert Witness Services
Rates vary based on case type, scope of work, and jurisdiction
Licensing of Articles or Stories
Starting at $750 per article
Virtual Trainings
Up to 2 hours (Includes Q&A)
Starting at $750
In Person Training
3 hour Session
Starting at $2500 + Travel & Accommodations
Full and Half Day Trainings
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By equipping your team with survivor-informed, real-world training that doesn’t just raise awareness, but transforms response, strengthens trust, and redefines how we serve survivors at every level.
Now is the time to grasp the opportunity for change...
