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Mey

 Favorite Food:  everything...but some food she cannot eat too much!

 Favorite Music: romantic music 

 Favorite Activity: cooking, studying English, and using computers

 Favorite Subject: English

Mey is also occupied with her Khmer, English, and computer studies at the Voices for Change program. In addition to class work, she gives presentations at the AFESIP shelters alongside the other Voices for Change trainees, and spends time as an intern with AFESIP, learning how to perform administrative tasks. She also loves to cook and enjoys the challenge of making foreign dishes; according to Mey, "Khmer food is easy to cook!"

Mey feels that Voices for Change is important because she wants to share her own experience with the world, as she was trafficked as a child. She wants to share some strategies to prevent other people from being victimized, because, as Mey says, "nobody wants to be a sex worker." She feels that awareness is important because "people need to learn first why women and girls become victims - sometimes it is by tricks, and in other cases there is no other way to make money." She enjoys the Voices for Change team because when the young women have problems, they can share with one another and encourage each other; in this way, they are like siblings. In the future, Mey wants to continue to learn English and computer techniques and hopes to own a restaurant that will provide former victims with a place to work.