Editor’s note: Kathy Coffey did a “Perspective” this morning on the local San Francisco NPR station, KQED, focused on human trafficking.
Imagine a child named Sheila. Aged 14 now, she was first trafficked at 9 by drug-dealing parents. She lives in constant fear. Not of taking algebra or getting a prom date, the usual worries of her peers. No, she is the possession of a human trafficker, who isolates, exploits, abuses her, makes big bucks off her. Her life expectancy is 7 years. It’s unlikely she’ll turn 21. She is convinced no one knows about her private hell; no one cares. No one has ever told her she’s bright or beautiful.
You can hear the full perspective on the KQED website: Children For Sale
Kathy Coffey 
Mrs. Coffey, after seeing your picture you are probably not the Kathy Coffey, daughter of Jim and Shirley Coffey of Arlington, MA. If you are then you are my first cousin. Whether you are or not, please contact me at
jcarlos72916@yahoo.com Thank you for your consideration and insightful writing.