Fecha (she/her/hers) is the co-founder and director of partnerships at Karana Rising, a nonprofit focusing on advancing justice and healing for wrongfully incarcerated survivors of human trafficking and GBV. She is a recent graduate of Stanford graduate school of business LEADership program and a legal victim advocate with seven years of experience in advocacy and direct service, working to further the overall mission of Karana Rising and the individual goals of the survivors of human trafficking and gender-based abuse.
Talaso works alongside the executive director to develop and advance policies and programs supporting survivor justice in the Karana Rising advocacy lab, including external earned media and owned media consumption. She is also responsible for the development and management of programmatic and development partnerships that include social media, bricks and mortar sustainable, and ethical fashion brands and organizations. She additionally creates and manages Karana Rising’s communications, website, virtual survivor mentoring, workshop portal, and social media channels to advance the mission to help every survivor use their past to create a better future for themselves and the survivor community around them.
Prior to Karana Rising, Fecha was the prevention education specialist at FAIR Girls, a nonprofit that serves young women survivors of human trafficking, and residential counselor for FAIR Girls’ Vida Home. She dares to dream and passionately fight criminal and social injustices, as well as retrogressive practices that marginalize vulnerable populations.