Square Girls
A support group for women in or formerly involved in sex trafficking or prostitution. Women interested in participating can contact Natashia Wilson at natashiawlsn@yahoo.com.Wilson also recommends the following groups for women seeking assistance:› Love’s Arm Outreach Ministries — 423-580-6553› Sister to Sister — Shawn Johnson, 423-708-1363› Voices For Dignity — Christine Marie Katas, voicesfordignity.com
A woman who spent more than 20 years as a prostitute will be the first in her family to get a college degree when she graduates this spring from Chattanooga State Community College.
Prostitution has been the family business for at least three generations, said Natashia Wilson, who moved to Chattanooga from her hometown of Las Vegas in Nevada, a state where prostitution is legal in some counties.
Her late mother, who died of a drug overdose, and her grandmother also were sex workers. Wilson said she was just 14 when her mother introduced her to prostitution.
The work left Wilson with unspeakable emotional and physical scars. She doesn’t want to share details, but tears roll down her face when she thinks of them.