GRACE TELLEZ, TRCC
SENIOR CLIENT ADVOCATE

Phone (toll-free): (855) 855-1945, Ext. 710
Email: gt@advocatingopportunity.com

Grace Tellez provides trauma informed legal advocacy and support services to clients, with a focus on labor trafficking survivors and cases. For over ten years, Ms. Tellez has worked primarily with survivors, using her extensive experience to walk with them through complex processes related to legal immigration processes and orientation to life in the United States. Ms. Tellez has a special interest in developing appropriate outreach tools, and in bringing attention to populations who are often overlooked as victims of trafficking.  Ms. Tellez graduated from Ohio State, and complemented her studies with a yearlong project creating a service matrix for Spanish speaking victims of trafficking. She continues to seek creative solutions to the unique problems faced by survivors, and enjoys helping clients learn to advocate for themselves.  AO’s resiliency model guides her work, empowering clients to create organic community and build supportive networks for themselves.  Ms. Tellez recognizes the importance of collaboration with community organizations outside of the anti-human trafficking realm, to create pathways for referrals and to share expertise. She is currently working to expand Advocating Opportunity’s partnerships in central Ohio, to connect with and serve hard-to-reach populations. 

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