According to her biography on SWOP's website, she had worked as an exotic dancer, then pursued a college degree in theater, and was active in the medical marijuana movement in California.
She pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to promote prostitution in December 2002, and received a sentence of 6 months' house arrest and three years' probation in November 2003.
[3] She founded SWOP-USA in October 2003,[4] and the first International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers was organized in December of that year.
[6] In an interview in 2007, she defended the decision of prosecuted "D.C. Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey to name high-class clients of her erotic service, arguing that, "with the potential to drag many power brokers into the spotlight, Palfrey's revelations could serve as a turning point in the effort to decriminalize prostitution".
[8] For the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, December 17, 2008, she helped lead a march in Washington, D.C.