Former First Responder, Survivor & Educator

Megan Escoto | Linktree

From 2016 to 2023, I was a freelance independent journalist and owned an online newspaper serving Sonoma County, California while also working as a first responder and attending Santa Rosa Junior College. I chose a path in public service after experiencing abuse as a child, spending time in the foster care system, and surviving labor trafficking for five and a half years as a young adult. I saw firsthand how victims can fall through the cracks of systems meant to protect them—after multiple hospital visits and interactions with healthcare workers and law enforcement. I now hold degrees in criminal justice and behavioral sciences, and I attend CSU Sacramento while working in child abuse prevention and doing independent consulting around trauma informed human trafficking education and advocacy. I am also a published author of two books and I sit on a legislative panel of survivors reviewing California legislation related to sex crimes and other forms of gender-based violence. 


About Me

Published Books

My Personal Blog 

Board Member for the Redemption House of the Bay Area

Interview with Bold Journey Magazine September 2025

Podcast Interview with Love Never Fails Radio

San Rafael Forum Spotlights Human Trafficking Survivors - April 2025

Overcoming Human Trafficking Documentary - January 2025

Interview: July 2023

Interview: May 2023

Sonoma County Sex Assault Survivors Talk Life in Documentary, Again

Interview: November 2022

Local Survivors of Sexual Assault Share Their Stories in New Documentary - April 2022

Podcast: Surviving Human Trafficking - April 2022

Interview Re: Documentary About Sex Assault Survivors - Feb 2022

Armer Law 2020

Megan Escoto

Barnes and Noble: Human Trafficking: Recognize. Respond. Prevent.:A Guide for California Law Enforcement

Amazon: Human Trafficking: Recognize. Respond. Prevent.: A Guide for California Law Enforcement

Warriors Rising: From Surviving to Thriving

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