OPS Staff
Rekina Perry
Executive Director |
Rekina Perry brings a powerful blend of educational training, professional background, and lived experience to her leadership as Executive Director of the Organization for Prostitution Survivors (OPS). With a career rooted in advocacy, strategic planning, and organizational development, she has guided OPS through pivotal growth—expanding survivor services, building innovative programs, and strengthening the organization’s foundation for long-term impact.
The combination of formal education, navigating and dismantling marginalized systems, and hard-won experience grounds Rekina’s approach to leadership. Her academic history and professional training in leadership, nonprofit management, and trauma-informed practice provide evidence-based strategies, while her real-life experience navigating the complex realities faced by survivors informs her solutions with authenticity, empathy, and cultural responsiveness. Rekina’s unique perspective allows her to design programs that are not only effective but also deeply aligned with the needs of the community.
Known for her strategic foresight and operational expertise, Rekina has led OPS in advancing housing initiatives, expanding mental health and wellness supports, and building pathways for survivor leadership across all levels of the organization. She excels at aligning vision with execution—ensuring that OPS is both responsive to urgent community needs and sustainable for the future.
At the heart of her leadership is a commitment to equity, accountability, and transformation. Rekina believes that lasting change happens when organizations model the values they champion. She works tirelessly to ensure that OPS reflects the resilience and brilliance of the survivors it serves.
Martha Linehan, SUDP, CIMT
Integrated Movement Therapist |
Martha Linehan is an Integrated Movement Therapist (IMT), Substance Use Disorder Professional, and poet. She has been part of the OPS direct service team since its very beginning in 2012. She created the Art Workshop with co-founder Peter Qualliotine and replicated it as a pilot program in the King County jail in 2018 for incarcerated women.
Integrated Movement Therapy (IMT) is a yoga based therapeutic modality involving movement, mindfulness and art which she incorporated into her personal and professional practice as her focus on the intersection of complex trauma, oppression; social justice became central to her work. She facilitates groups and offers individual therapy at OPS.
Mille Byrd, MS LMFT, CCTP
Mental Health & Wellness Therapist |
Mille Byrd-Lemon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with intensive training and experience in trauma-informed care.
Focus: Trauma-informed therapy for clients who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation, domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual abuse, and other traumatic life events.
Mille provides mental health therapy and crisis intervention for survivors as well as referrals to outside mental health agencies for ongoing therapy and medication management. As a clinician, she places her clients first and collaborates with them to gain new perspectives on existing issues through a solution-focused lens. She works from a strong social justice framework and believes that cultural competence is a vital component of her work.
Krystle Haga
Specialty Services Manager |
Krystle is an enrolled member of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, survivor leader, and the Specialty Services Manager at OPS. A survivor of familial trafficking in her youth who remained in “the life” until her 30s, Krystle has transformed her lived experience into a powerful foundation for her career growth. She is trained in sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and has served in multiple roles, including shelter advocate, prevention educator, anti-trafficking advocate, and program coordinator.
At OPS, Krystle supports the helpline and drop-in operations, youth and adult survivor services programming, as well as the Specialty Teams focusing on outreach, housing, economic empowerment, and career services. She takes pride in fostering strong communication, collaboration, and staff retention—working together to ensure coordinated, trauma-informed services for survivors.
Krystle is honored to walk alongside survivors and staff, fostering growth and resilience while contributing to OPS’s continued development.
LA
CSE Survivor Advocate: Peer Programming Specialist |
I’m a resilient survivor, nurturing mother, avid plant lover, penniless poet, and a creator of things. At OPS I am a CSE advocate and a Peer Programming Specialist. I provide Mobile Flexible Advocacy and assist in creating and facilitating our weekly Art Workshop.
In 2017 I started working in the non-profit sector with trafficked at-risk youth, as well as the same juvenile detention center where I lay my head years ago. Watching my life come full circle, it is here I found my passion for helping others, using wisdom through my own experiences, and creating authentic, relationships based on empathy and understanding, which in turn, produce healing.
Although I found my passion, I had yet to find my people, until I found OPS. I came to OPS looking for people like me and found a place where I could be my unique and authentic self. A place where we embrace being, “Too much” or “Extra” because here, we have way too much resilience, and we are extra powerful!
A place where we’re heard, understood, deeply valued, and empowered in so many different ways. It is my honor to serve at OPS, and I am eternally grateful to wake up doing what I love, with the people I love.
Pema
CSEC Advocate |
Originally from Oakland, CA, Pema relocated to Washington state in 2024. With a decade of experience as a community organizer and eight years working with youth, Pema has cultivated a deep passion for uplifting young women and supporting their communities.
In her role as a Youth Advocate at OPS, Pema combines her extensive background with a profound understanding of how systems of oppression shape experiences. She is dedicated to helping individuals overcome adversity through the strength of community support.
Outside of her professional work, Pema enjoys reading and writing, finding inspiration and relaxation in these creative pursuits. Committed to fostering positive change and empowerment, Pema continues to make a meaningful impact in the lives of those she serves.
Keiosha
CSEC Advocate |
Keiosha is a passionate CSEC Youth Advocate from Olympia, Washington, dedicated to supporting women and youth in their recovery from exploitation. A graduate from Washington State University she studied Psychology and Human Development and brings a strong foundation in advocacy, trauma informed care and community engagement here at OPS. She continues to be deeply motivated to support youth by creating safe spaces, building trust and providing meaningful opportunities for them to heal, grow and excel.
Kara D (she/her)
Digital Marketing Manager |
Introducing Kara, the compassionate and dedicated Digital Marketing Manager at the Organization for Prostitution Survivors (OPS). With over 10 years of experience in digital content creation and social media marketing, Kara brings her deep passion for helping companies achieve their business and marketing goals through content creation and website development that truly embodies their brand.
The incredible impact of Kara's work at OPS lies in her ability to connect survivors with the vital services that OPS provides. Through her role, she creates and maintains the social media accounts for OPS, as well as overseeing the organization's website and other digital marketing initiatives. Kara is not only responsible for crafting compelling social media posts, but she also ensures that they reflect OPS' survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally specific approach to providing holistic services for survivors of sexual exploitation.
She understands the importance of creating spaces for survivors to be heard, seen, and supported while fostering a greater understanding of the critical work OPS does to end gender-based violence.
With her substantial marketing and lived experience and unwavering commitment to empowering survivors, Kara is an invaluable asset to OPS. She truly embodies the compassionate and strong voice of the organization, centering the experiences and perspectives of survivors in all of her digital marketing efforts.
Nessa
Housing Advocate |
As Housing Advocate, Nessa focuses on aiding participants with housing needs and resources. Having experienced homelessness and subsidized housing for most of her youth, she is passionate about the importance of sustainable housing as a human right. After five years as an educator abroad, Nessa relocated to Seattle to begin nonprofit work at OPS. She has a Bachelor's degree in International Politics and a Master's in Social Justice and Human Rights. Much of her research has centered around human trafficking and refugee rights, particularly of North Koreans in the Pan-Pacific region. She loves to read, scrapbook, and study other languages; she's currently learning Korean and Arabic.