Lisa Gagnier
Survivor of Prostitution; Speaker; Advocate
Soon after her mother’s death, which devastated and destabilized her, Lisa Gagnier entered the sex trade at the age of 23. After spending eight years in prostitution in various settings and struggling with drug addiction that was intertwined with her life during that period, she successfully left “the life,” and is still working on recovery.
“I was college-educated and believed that because of that and that I wasn’t a child, I wouldn’t be hurt or exploited in the sex trade and that I could control my circumstances. I quickly learned that this was not the case and it took many years to get out of the harmful and dangerous lifestyle I was caught in.”