Douglass Fellowship

What is the Douglass Fellowship?
Inspired by Frederick Douglass’s commitment to freedom, education, and advocacy, we provide an opportunity for law students chosen through a competitive process to participate in a eight-month fellowship program focused on developing future leaders in the anti-human trafficking movement and providing resources to those currently combatting human trafficking around the globe
Empowering the Next Generation of
Anti-Trafficking Leaders
Through thorough research and being paired with a mentor, each Douglass Fellow will deepen their understanding of human trafficking and make a significant contribution to the cause of freedom.
The Douglass Fellows represent the next generation of anti-trafficking leaders working to decimate human trafficking at its source.
Fellowship Updates
Trafficking Matters: A Douglass
Fellowship Podcast
From HTI’s Douglass Fellows comes the Trafficking Matters podcast. In Season 1, hosts Alicen Rodolph and Samantha Franks speak with anti-trafficking professionals, providing helpful resources and insights for those interested in joining the movement.
Meet the 2022-23 Fellows

Monica Naranjo

Alyssa Grzesiak

Bekah Carey
Our Mentors
Douglass Fellows have been paired with mentors from many prominent anti-trafficking NGOs and government agencies











Apply for the 2023-2024 cohort
Applications for the 2023-2024 cohort are now open. Click here to apply.
If you have questions, contact Alicen Rodolph ([email protected]).

Monica Naranjo
Boston University School of Law
Monica Naranjo is a third-year law student at Boston University School of Law. Throughout her time in law school, she has interned at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in the Human Trafficking and Exploitation Unit, the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Unit, and in the Chelsea District Court as a Certified Student Prosecutor. As a second-year law student, she was a member of the International Law Journal, where her Note on Labor Trafficking in the Private Military Industry will be published later this year. Prior to law school, Monica worked with Lutheran Services of Florida supporting victims of labor trafficking, and at Wellesley Centers for Women, where she participated in two NIJ-funded research projects on Sexual Violence. She also worked with Freedom for Immigrants and with DOVE, Inc. as a hotline advocate, and was awarded the Practitioner/Activist of the Year Award by the Division of Victimology at ASCDOV for her work with survivors of torture at Immigrant Justice Corps/CARECEN. In her spare time, Monica enjoys mentoring younger students and exercising.

Alyssa Grzesiak
William & Mary Law School
Alyssa is a third-year law student at William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia. She has spent her time in law school externing with the Virginia Beach Public Defender’s Office, the Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, and the Virginia Office of the Attorney General. As a second-year law student, Alyssa served as a staff member on the Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice, where she now serves as the Executive Editor. Her Student Note, Checking Out Indefinitely: Supporting Survivors of Sex Trafficking Alongside Training and Education for Lodging Employees, will be published in the first issue of RGSJ’s Volume 29. She is also the president of the law school’s First-GenerationStudent Alliance. In her free time, Alyssa enjoys running half-marathons and talking about ocean conservation.

Bekah Carey
Harvard Law School