Alex Miller is the International Director for Not Abandoned and has worked for the organization since 2011. She holds a BA in Organizational Management and a MA in International Care and Community Development, with a thesis focus on sustainability in the anti-trafficking movement and working within the culture of trafficking.  She has researched trafficking and its surrounding culture in the US, Thailand, Kenya, Moldova, and Brazil.  Alex has mobilized and led hundreds of individual volunteers to Southeast Asia, exposing them to the raw reality of human exploitation, training them for effective work. Her greatest joy is working to personally help remove women from this oppressive life. 

Because of her global experience, she has been instrumental in shaping the vision and mission of Not Abandoned and its work around the world she values the importance of research and awareness; however, Alex’s main drive and focus are to find practical, innovative, and hands-on solutions to the crime of trafficking and exploitation and the recovery of victims. She has worked on national and overseas awareness campaigns and training programs for law enforcement agencies, embassies, community members, social service providers, and cross-cultural volunteers. Alex is also a survivor of domestic minor sex trafficking and is passionate about using her personal experiences to be a strong voice for the silenced.

Ying Fulton

Ying Fulton is the Co-Director of the Employment Education Center in Pattaya, Thailand. She is a national of Thailand and has worked with Not Abandoned for 8 years. She has a Master's in Counseling Psychology, with a thesis focus on trafficking prevention in rural areas. Ying overseas the trauma care and counseling programs, the preventive initiatives, as well as, staff oversight. She is also the Vice Chairman for the Thai Foundation which is the legal non-profit for Not Abandoned working in Thailand. Being Thai, Ying brings a wealth of experience by understanding the culture, as well as having worked directly with exploited communities. Ying is a sought-after translator for many government and non-profit forums. Ying, along with her Canadian husband Stephen Fulton and two children, live in Pattaya, Thailand.

Stephen Fulton

Stephen Fulton is the Co-Director of the Employment Education Center in Pattaya, Thailand. He was born and raised in Canada where he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, becoming a pilot at a young age. He has lived in Pattaya, Thailand for 9 years and has worked with Not Abandoned for 6 years. Stephen has led community projects related to anti-trafficking efforts and initiatives providing practical options for a better life. He is a certified ESOL teacher and business trainer, writing curriculum, overseeing training modules, and advancement opportunities at the Employment Education Center in Pattaya.  Stephen and his Thai wife, Ying, have been married for 9 years and have two children ages 8 and 3 years old. 

Wanaporn Phanthasri  (right)

Wanaporn is the Director for prevention programs in the city of Korat, Thailand. She is a national from Thailand and has worked with Not Abandoned for 8 years.  She implements prevention programs in schools and the community in a region well known for 85% of young women being recruited for the sex industry for all of Thailand. Her work with youth and children at risk, along with their families, is foundational in preventing them from being recruited and exploited. She also oversees the community reintegration of women recovering from exploitation, working with them to connect healthily back with their families. Wanaporn is a wife and caring mother of two daughters.

Janpen "Jum" Butchon (left)

Jum manages programs for the reintegration of recovered victims to their families and communities once they have been through the Not Abandoned programming. She is a national from Thailand and has worked with Not Abandoned for 5 years. She works in the most rural areas meeting with parents, families, and communities providing coaching and training in order for the reintegration process to be successful. Jum has launched and owned multiple small businesses becoming a role model for other women who are in transition to a new life of success and freedom. She has a deeply loving heart for each individual she works with allowing her to personalize her support and mentorship. Jum is also a gifted musician who enjoys integrating this talent into our center's programming.

Pranom Keawmetee (right)

Pranom is the manager for student relationships and community creation at the Employment Education Center. She is a national from Thailand and has worked with Not Abandoned for 6 years. She is the mother figure on the team who helps create a home environment at the center, follows up on the status of women in the program, provides the counsel, support, and mentorship to women in the process of recovery. Pranom has worked with trafficking communities for 15 years where her wealth of experience and knowledge is invaluable to the weekly work of Not Abandoned in Pattaya. Pranom also brings a special linguistic skill to the team by being fluent in rural regional Thai dialects that many of our students speak. She is a widower, mother of one adult daughter, and grandmother of two boys. 

Nisarat "Pop" Warajin (left)

Pop is the manager for direct outreach and associate trainer. She is a national from Thailand and has worked with Not Abandoned for 4 years. She oversees the weekly outreach and follow-ups to exploited women caught in the sex industry of Pattaya by meeting women in their workplaces, brothels, and bars. She also oversees Thai and international visiting teams as they engage in practical outreach to women. Pop is also an associate teacher and translator for English classes at the Employment Education Center. Pop is a proud mother of two vivacious and loving children.

Not Abandoned is expanding its reach to exploited communities and individuals in Europe and North Africa setting up its base in Spain where we now have a partnering team on the ground. Over the past 15 years this team has engaged and established educational centers for exploited communities. Not Abandoned welcomes this strategic partnership where they will be involved in the development of practical programs and services to help bring exploited individuals to a life of freedom.