Bekah Charleston

Bekah Charleston is a nationally recognized speaker, trainer, and survivor leader whose work focuses on trauma-informed responses, survivor empowerment, and systems change. After surviving years of exploitation, Bekah built a career dedicated to improving how communities, organizations, and institutions respond to people impacted by trafficking and exploitation.

She currently serves as Business Development Director at HC Solutions Training & Consulting, where she helps grow evidence-informed training programs that educate professionals on trauma, healing, and resilience. Bekah is also the founder of Bekah Speaks Out, through which she has provided education and consultation to communities and professionals across the United States for more than a decade.

Bekah serves as National Engagement Specialist with the Sex Trade Survivor Caucus, is a member of the Texas Human Trafficking Survivor Leader Council, and a founding member of the Street Grace National Survivor Advisory Council. A TEDx speaker, Bekah is known for translating lived experience and research into practical, compassionate insights that center survivor dignity, agency, and hope.