Lianne A. Urada, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW, is a tenured professor of Social Work at San Diego State University and Associate Adjunct Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health in the Department of Medicine at UC San Diego. Her research focuses on developing ways to address human trafficking, homelessness, HIV, and historical community trauma, locally and globally, including a randomized clinical trial to help people who are suffering from the opioid overdose crisis surrounding U.S. public libraries.

Funded by the Nemeth Foundation to investigate the nature and extent of human trafficking and sexual exploitation among U.S. college students, Dr. Urada surveyed nearly one thousand college students from over 12 campuses in southern California (San Diego/Imperial Valley). One out of five reported experiencing force, fraud, or coercion into selling sex as a college student. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Dr. Urada is a three-time UCLA Bruin graduate.

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Facilitating the conversations are award-winning filmmakers and SDFC co-founders Benito Bautista and Emma Francisco Bautista, and Alicia de Leon Torres, Deputy Director of the Nemeth Foundation and SDFC Board Member. Sound design and edit by SDFC Technical Director, Miko Aguilar. Key art design by SDFC Communications & Social Media Manager, Tiara Liz Deriquito.

Nemeth Narratives is presented by The Nemeth Foundation in partnership with San Diego Filipino Cinema and New Americans Museum

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