Our Staff
Leah Hebert
Founder & President, Board of Directors
Leah founded GRACE in 2017 after accepting God’s grace and using her newfound freedom to help free others. After overcoming her own history of child exploitation, Leah went on to receive her Masters of Business Administration with a certification in Nonprofit Management. Leah has served on the board of the National Association of Missing and Exploited Children (NAMEC) and volunteered as a victim advocate for Saved In America. Leah has dedicated her life to preventing at-risk youth from becoming trafficked along with assisting survivors in breaking the trafficking chain to discover their worth, restore their lives and become thriving members of society.
Ebony Robinson
Lead Client Care Coordinator
Ebony Robinson is a Lived Expert and survivor of Domestic Violence. She has played a pivotal role in the Point Loma Nazarene University Center for Justice and Reconciliation kNOwMORE program for 10 years. Before working in direct services, she worked with the Project AWARE Juvenile Hall & Alternative Schools by providing curriculums whose primary focus is to provide participants with emotional literacy, social development, and problem-solving skills. She also worked at Youth Empowerment as a facilitator, CWS as a Survivor Trainer, San Diego Youth Services as a Peer Support Partner and assisted in the development of the Family Justice Center for Domestic Violence and helped train over 2,000 staff in San Diego on Sex Trafficking topics. Her mother is a survivor of sexual exploitation and recovering addict, and Ebony has been out of exploitation herself for 15 years. She has broken generational cycles and is eager to continue breaking barriers for other survivors at GRACE!
Raylee Foster
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Raylee has been working with anti-human trafficking initiatives in nonprofit spaces for 4 years. Her desire to work with trafficking survivors began in high school when she first learned about the social issue. She graduated from Baylor University with a BA in journalism and minors in Spanish and political science. Raylee focuses on engagement and advocacy for GRACE youth through marketing and communications efforts, and assists in the curriculum development and design for GRACE programs. She hopes to see each youth graduate from GRACE with a greater sense of worth and an understanding of skills that will lead to their success!
Alexandra Stephenson
Executive Director
Alex has been with GRACE for over 3 years. She began as a volunteer and grew into her current leadership role. She has over 10 years of experience working in non-profit services, communications, and expanding victim services. She is passionate about connecting with the youth and helping them to dream bigger than they have ever imagined! Alex is a graduate of the University of California, Merced, with a BS in Business Management and minor in art.
Moriah Laidlaw
Client Care Coordinator
