S2E14 | Human Trafficking, Part Three

We're back from our winter hiatus! In acknowledgement of Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Jim and Jake are sitting down with Ellie Milan and Kimberly Fay from the Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services to continue our discussion of the impact of trafficking, this time focused on the Chicagoland area. Eligia “Ellie” Milan is the Program Coordinator for the Victim Legal Assistance Network (VLAN) at the Legal Aid Society (LAS) of Metropolitan Family Services. Ellie provides case management and counseling services to victims of crime, including psychological evaluations for immigration petitions. She also supervises interns from various levels of education, from high school to Masters-level programs. Prior to joining MFS in 2015, Ellie was a clinical mental health counselor for South Suburban Family Shelter in their residential domestic violence program. She also spent some time in private practice primarily helping clients who were experiencing depression, anxiety, and trauma. Kimberly Fay, Esq., is an Equal Justice Works fellow with the Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services, working at their DuPage location. Her work focuses on serving immigrant victims of crime, helping them to achieve stability and security by remedying their immigration status. She also conducts “Know Your Rights” training and other education work on issues affecting immigrants, for other legal and social service providers and for the community directly. She has nearly six years of experience practicing humanitarian and family-based immigration law, five of those years in the public service/non-profit fields. Kimberly is bilingual in Spanish. She has a deep compassion for the immigrant community and a heart for the unique struggles they face.