Maia Sciupac

Mrs. Sciupac is the coordinator for the Human Exploitation and Trafficking (H.E.A.T.) Watch Program through the Alameda County District Attorney's Office (ACDAO). She provides overall programmatic support, and offers community trainings on all forms of human trafficking, as well as methods on how to use social media to elevate social causes. Mrs. Sciupac helped launch H.E.A.T. Watch to a regional level, after the program received a federal grant in October 2010.

Since then, she has assisted the ACDAO with putting on a National Conference on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST) in June 2012 for 456 attendees nationwide. The conference brought together 67 expert speakers in the field, including Congresswoman Jackie Speier, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Chris Kelley, who spoke about best practices on identifying and responding to DMST in our communities. Moreover, Mrs. Sciupac is in charge of community outreach and awareness for H.E.A.T. Watch through social media & marketing, events, the creation of H.E.A.T. Watch's website and H.E.A.T. Watch Radio. She has put together a resource guide of over 3,000 anti-human trafficking contacts, and facilitiates multi-disciplinary weekly case reviews of at-risk and involved DMST youth with the purpose of creating specialized safety plans.

Prior to H.E.A.T. Watch, Mrs. Sciupac started Modern Day Slavery Radio, a community awareness initiative, and worked with victims of human trafficking with the Polaris Project as a Community Outreach & Client Services Fellow in 2010. She's also interned with The SOLD Project by raising awareness and educational scholarships for children at risk for sex trafficking in Thailand.

Mrs. Sciupac graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2009 with a B.A. in Peace & Conflict Studies (PACS). She was a member of STOP TRAFFIK, a La Raza Law Journal Fellow, a Student Representative for the Student Participation Council for PACS, a UC Public Policy & International Areas (PPIA) Fellow, and a New Leaders Council Fellow.

She recently launched Citygram, a company that turns local messages into wearable art.