Alani Frace is a Qualitative Research Assistant with the Human Exploitation and Resilience Initiative at the NYU Marron Institute and is a graduate student pursuing her Master of Global Affairs with a concentration in Peacebuilding at NYU's Center for Global Affairs. Alani is passionate about engaging in protection-based work and has previously done work against human trafficking in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. She holds a Bachelors in International Studies and a Bachelors in Criminology from the University of Florida.