Mikayla Simeral, MSW, MA

Shared Hope International

Mikayla Simeral is the Director of Training Advancement at Shared Hope International, where she develops and delivers training to strengthen responses to domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST) across systems of care. Drawing on her experience as a Victim Services Coordinator in Florida’s Suncoast region, Mikayla brings deep insight into the realities survivors face and the challenges service providers encounter. Her earlier work as a Local and Global Outreach Director in the Washington, D.C. area sparked her enduring passion for social justice issues, both domestically and abroad. With a Master of Social Work and a Master of Arts in Ethnomusicology, Mikayla integrates cultural competence and trauma-informed practices into her work at Shared Hope.