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          MARY FRANCIS BOWLEY is the Founder of Wellspring Living, an organization fighting childhood sexual abuse and exploitation since.

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          Mary Frances Bowley opened Wellspring Living’s doors in as a safe house for women who were victims of sexual abuse and exploitation. When the first client, a year-old victim of sex trafficking, walked in the door, Bowley knew her work needed to extend far beyond that.

          “We realized immediately that a safe place was not going to be enough for her,” says Bowley of the survivor who had complex trauma and lacked work experience. Bowley realized that to fully help survivors, Wellspring would need to provide multiple layers of intervention.

          “It really built a foundation for how we were going to work for the next 20 years on providing comprehensive care, including therapy, life skills, education, career readiness, and just meeting people where they were,” says Bowley.

          Atlanta was first declared a sex trafficking hub by the FBI in , and the industry accounts for $ million, according to a recent statement by Mayor Andre Dickens.

          In the two decades since Wellspring