Ex-Prostitute Runs D.C. Organization to Help Sex Workers

The Washington Post profiles Jackie McReynolds, a former prostitute who started an organization to help sex workers get off the streets.

Angel Project Power, which Ms. McReynolds founded four years ago, offers counseling, literacy classes and other coursework, and internships with retail businesses and other local employers. A former drug addict who worked as a prostitute for more than two decades, Ms. McReynolds received her high-school diploma five years ago at age 45 and has since earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s in human services.

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