Mikayla Knizevski is making a Difference on the Map

Mikayla Knizevski pictured above with little girl, Namuron in 2013 

on a mission trip to Turkana Kenya

Whether she is here in the U.S. or just below in Nicaragua, College of Charleston junior Mikayla Knizevski is making a difference in the lives of victimized individuals, wherever she is on the map.

 Due to the low number of safe houses in our country, not to mention the world as a whole, Knizevski is determined to use her passion to increase this low number. Safe houses are a place for victims of sex trafficking to recover and, as Knizevski says, “get back on their feet.”

It started back when Charleston native Knizevski was just in 8^th grade. Not even in high school yet and her passion to travel out of the country was out of this world. Persistency was key, as Knizevski would visit the office of her church everyday begging to be a part of the mission trip heading to Nicaragua. “Most of the people were graduating high school, and I hadn’t even started yet,” Knizevski said. “I was the baby of the trip.” 

Knizevski in Los Cedros, Nicaragua 2009 (above)