WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. From My Sisters' Place, White Plains. September 7, 2010:  

My Sisters' Place has hired a legal expert to aid the agency in the sensitive and growing problem of human trafficking.

Laren Pesso  will be a resource to MSP staff and to our community at large as she coordinates the agency’s response to actual and suspected cases of human trafficking.  In addition, she will conduct trainings for law enforcement and community groups, develop strong internal protocols for handling trafficking cases, and draft a best practices guide for domestic violence agencies that are looking to add the work of human trafficking to their mission. 

Ms. Pesso, MSW, MPA carries the official title the of  My Sisters’ Place/LexisNexis/Somaly Mam Foundation Human Trafficking Fellow. 

Ms. Pesso has worked directly with domestic violence victims, as well as in important international research experience around issues of human trafficking, gender-based violence, and women’s health. 

She has held positions with Women’s Political Resource Center as a project manager in Tbilisi, Georgia and Engender Health leading a team of researchers in Uganda in the study of gender based violence.  Her graduate internship posts were at Sanctuary for Families at the Brooklyn Family Justice Center and the Crime Victims Treatment Center at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital. Additionally, she has published and conducted trainings on her experiences abroad working to advance women’s rights.  Ms. Pesso holds joint masters degrees in social work and public administration, with a focus on human rights, from Columbia University.