Michele Lee, Global Director of Aftercare, leads IJM’s Global Aftercare program and guides our global aftercare strategy as IJM seeks to bring restoration to millions of survivors. Michele engages and collaborates with our global teams on internal knowledge sharing initiatives, thought leadership, global partnership development, decontextualized resource development in IJM’s core aftercare competencies, monitoring and evaluation, and advancement of survivor voice efforts. After receiving her PhD, Michele worked as a psychologist for 10+ years, and then she joined IJM as an Aftercare Associate in 2012, providing casework consultation to Aftercare teams in multiple IJM Field Offices. In 2013, Michele transitioned to her role as an Aftercare Specialist supporting field offices combatting child sexual assault, and then shifted to support IJM India’s work to combat sex trafficking. Over her six-year tenure at IJM, she has obtained a truly global perspective of IJM’s innovations, strengths, and needs through her support of our field offices in Kenya, Rwanda, Bolivia, Chiang Mai, Kolkata, and Mumbai.