Sydney Scherr,
child re-trafficking prevention champion
Sydney Scherr, 2023 Speaker

Sydney Scherr is a renowned jewelry designer and educator who is dedicating her life to ending the re-trafficking of children.

Over the last three decades, Sydney was a sought-after jewelry designer creating award-winning, museum quality pieces for appreciative clients from her studio and teaching college-level jewelry design.

But a chance encounter during her seven-year stint living and teaching jewelry design in Malaysia changed everything. While vacationing in Cambodia, Sydney met the two girls and their mom who sparked her interest in joining the fight against human trafficking.

She is the founder of The Alchemy Design Project, a program that seeks to end the re-trafficking of children in the commercial sex trade by equipping survivors with skills that will help them achieve financial independence when they are reintegrated into the community.

Resources:

Report – Global estimates of modern slavery: forced labour and forced marriage

U.S. Department of State 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report

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