Austin, Texas is at the epicenter of 21st-century growth, development, and productivity in the Southwestern United States. But sadly, there is a dark side of Austin that bubbles just below the surface—an underbelly of the human condition fed by the beasts of addiction, sex trafficking, prostitution, abuse, incarceration, abandonment, and exploitation.

These beasts target women of all ages, all races, all socio-economic backgrounds—stealing their innocence; depleting their mental and emotional health; causing painful interruption to the well-being of the family unit; and casting dark shadows over the community-at-large.