The Florida Senate

District 35

Personal & Career

Legislative Service

Other Public Service

• Statewide Council on Human Trafficking Direct-Support Organization Board of Directors, Appointee
• Florida Children and Youth Cabinet, Appointee
• Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Commission, Appointee
• Child Advocate
• Florida Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, Board Member and Past Vice President
• Broward County Crime Stoppers, Past Board Member

Honors and Awards

• Audubon Florida Special Places Award, 2018
• Glamour Woman of the Year "Hero Among Us," 2018
• Broward County Women's Hall of Fame, 2018
• Four-time Emmy winning producer and storyteller, "Out of Darkness, Into Light," "What If I told you...," "Child Sexual Abuse: Prevention through Education," "Lauren's Kingdom: It's OK to Tell"
• L'Oreal Paris, National Woman of Worth, 2013
• PEOPLE Magazine and Major League Baseball, "All Star Among Us," 2011
• National Child Labor Committee, Lewis Hine Award
• Congressional Medal of Merit, Senator Bill Nelson
• Two-time Publishers Weekly best selling author, "It's OK to Tell" memoir, "Lauren's Kingdom" children's book
• Gracie Award winning producer, "Intimate Crimes"
• Internationally Recognized Child Advocate: Newsweek Magazine, FOX News, Cosmopolitan Magazine, the Huffington Post, Glamour Magazine, NPR, USA Today, CNN/HLN, ABC's Katie Couric Show, Our America with Lisa Ling, Al Jazeera

Biographical Information