Joy CoverJoy Cover has worked in the non-profit field, providing her with experience in identifying priority needs within a community; developing organizational strategy and education initiatives; and domestic and international program implementation ad management. Cover received her master’s degree in Public Health with a focus on Health Promotion/Disease Prevention from Florida International University and her bachelor’s degree in communications (photojournalism) from Gardner-Webb University. In 2015, Cover joined Freedom 4/24, an anti-trafficking organization in Lynchburg, Va, which allowed her to combine her personal passion of advocating for those with no voice with her professional skills of implementing practical, community-based programming and human trafficking awareness through event facilitation. In 2017, her role expanded beyond facilitating and managing Freedom 4/24’s Run 4 Their Lives 5K domestic race series to encompass any project and program designed to raise funds and awareness toward ending human trafficking. She now serves as Freedom 4/24's President and her main goal is to continue developing the organization's focus on implementing human trafficking prevention education as its direct service. Under Cover's leadership, Freedom 4/24's goal is to stop exploitation and human trafficking before it becomes part of anyone's story. Read More Read Less