Laura is an attorney specialized in cross-disciplinary research on trafficking in persons and the development and implementation of anti-trafficking initiatives. She has experience conducting qualitative research, managing international programs, grant writing, developing and delivering training and technical assistance, and leading metrics tracking and the planning of MERL approaches for compliance and reporting. She also works as an Adjunct Professor, teaching courses on human rights, international relations, migration, and politics.
Research Publications
About Child-Friendly Spaces – Working with Child and Adolescent Trafficking Victims in Costa Rica. Warnath Group. (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees) (2025)
Creating Child-Friendly Spaces for Child and Adolescent Trafficking Victims – A How-To Guide. Warnath Group. (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees) (2025)
Developing Child-Friendly Spaces for Child and Adolescent Trafficking Victims. Warnath Group. (2024)
Directorio de Servicios e Información para la Atención de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes Víctimas de Trata de Personas. Warnath Group. (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees, Stefanie Eppe, David Ruiz, Rachael Sine, Philippe Zablotsky, Virginia Elizondo, Daniela Ramírez-Vega) (2024)
Special and Additional Measures for Victim-Witnesses: A Practitioner Guide. NEXUS Institute and Regional Support Office of the Bali Process (RSO). (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees) (2023)
Access to Remedies: A Practitioner Guide. NEXUS Institute and Regional Support Office of the Bali Process (RSO). (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees) (2023)
How to Develop a Directory of Services for Trafficking Victims: A Tool For Practitioners. NEXUS Institute and Regional Support Office of the Bali Process (RSO). (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees) (2022)
Special and Additional Measures for Child Trafficking Victims: A Practitioner Guide. NEXUS Institute and Regional Support Office of the Bali Process (RSO). (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees) (2021)
Recovery and Reintegration of Trafficking Victims: A Practitioner Guide. NEXUS Institute and Regional Support Office of the Bali Process (RSO). (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees) (2021)
Trafficking Victim Protection and Support: A Practitioner Guide. NEXUS Institute and Regional Support Office of the Bali Process (RSO). (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees) (2021)
Trafficking Victim Identification: A Practitioner Guide. NEXUS Institute and Regional Support Office of the Bali Process (RSO). (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees) (2021)
Trafficking Victim Protection Frameworks in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam: A Resource for Practitioners. NEXUS Institute and Winrock International. (Co-author with Marika McAdam, Rebecca Surtees, and Thaufiek Zulbahary) (2020)
Identifying Trafficking Victims: An Analysis of Victim Identification Tools and Resources in Asia. NEXUS Institute and Winrock International. (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees, Marika McAdam, and Jarrett Davis) (2020)
Practice Guide: Collecting Criminal Justice Data on Human Trafficking for Law Enforcement. Warnath Group. (2020)
Quality and Rigor in TIP research in the Mekong Region: Assessing the Evidence Base. NEXUS Institute. (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees) (2020)
The Science (and Art) of Understanding Trafficking in Persons: Good Practice in TIP Data Collection. NEXUS Institute. (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees and Anette Brunovskis) (2019)
Legal and Ethical Issues in Data Collection on Trafficking in Persons. NEXUS Institute. (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees and Marika McAdam) (2019)
On the Frontlines: Operationalizing Good Practice in TIP Data Collection. NEXUS Institute. (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees) (2019)
Good Practice in TIP Data Collection: Recommendations for Donors and Funders. NEXUS Institute. (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees) (2019)
Directory of Services for Indonesian Trafficking Victims and Exploited Migrant Workers. NEXUS Institute. (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees, Thaufiek Zulbahary, and Suarni Daeng Caya) (2018)
Going Home. Challenges in the Reintegration of Trafficking Victims in Indonesia. NEXUS Institute. (Co-author with Rebecca Surtees, Thaufiek Zulbahary, and Suarni Daeng Caya) (2016)
Frontier of Injustice: Alaska Native Victims of Domestic Violence, 8(2) The Modern American (2012)
The Integration of the European Union and the Changing Cultural Space of Europe: Xenophobia and Webs of Significance, 25 Int’l J. for Semiotics L. 2 (2012)
The Right to Maternal Health Care: Developing International Human Rights Law to Prevent Maternal Mortality, 11 U. Botswana L. J. 39 (2010)
Modern Raiders on the Steppe: The Protection of Cultural Property in Mongolia, 3(1) J. Eurasian L. 27 (2010)
Environment, Security and Environmental Refugees, 1(2) J. Animal & Envtl. L. 222 (2010)
Prescriptive Realism and the Limits of International Human Rights Law, 10(1&2) Vera Lex J. Int’l Nat. L. Soc’y 7 (2010)
Human Trafficking and the Common European Asylum System: Victim Protection and Assistance in the European Union. Master’s Thesis. Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy. (2006)