Some days ago I was thrilled to be invited to a luncheon honoring Luis CdeBaca, the United States’ Ambassador-at-Large and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
On a program that Ambassador CdeBaca signed for me, he wrote, “Adriana – thank you for all of your hard work to fight modern slavery!” And, I couldn’t help but wonder, what is this hard work to which he alludes? What am I do doing to combat this horrific crime? Do I even really understand what it is? In realizing that the answers to these questions were overwhelmingly in the negative, I was compelled to do some quick background research.
As his brief biography released by the State Department specifies, “In May 2009, Ambassador Luis CdeBaca was appointed by President Obama to coordinate U.S. government activities in the global fight against contemporary forms of person.”
Adriana Martinez is a senior majoring in political science, French, public policy, and history. She can be reached for comment at [email protected]