Sally, Civil Service
We really stand for life, liberty, pursuit of happiness.
My name is Sally. I work in the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of Persons at the State Department and my job is to fight Trafficking of Persons world wide.
Trafficking persons is a global problem. We see forced prostitution, domestic servitude. That's maids, child maids, forced labor in agriculture, construction.
In five years in trafficking we've seen truly over a hundred countries improve their laws.
I'm proud of the fact that the work that I do everyday is making a difference at that smallest level.
As a civil servant you have to have that long term knowledge and memory of what's happening. We see the global trends.
I have the best of both worlds. I have my home here in Washington D.C. and I do travel frequently usually four or five times a year.
I've been to 56 countries. I've seen things I never thought I'd see. I've been to Madagascar, I've been to Zanzibar, I've seen Angkor Wat, I've seen wonderful things. I've been to Israel and I went on patrol with their border officials along the Sinai, I mean I've seen fascinating things.
I don't think there is any other place I could do that. I mean when I talk to my friends nobody who's my age has done things I've done. Nobody.
I love my job.