ABOUT US

OUR PROGRAMS

OUTREACH

We reach out to women and teens who are experiencing socio-economic disadvantages and specific barriers to upward mobility, resulting in higher risk of sexual exploitation in San Antonio, TX.

 

We meet daughters, mothers, and sisters where they are, providing an access point to support and services.

 

We become an ally to women and teens who find themselves in a transitional period in life.

ADVOCACY

We advocate for women’s human rights, dignity, and equity.

 

Our programs & partnerships provide trauma-informed care & wrap-around support.

 

These services include personal mentoring, licensed professional counseling, peer support groups, legal advocacy, and case management.

EDUCATION

Our educational programs reach survivors of sexual exploitation and trafficking, teens and women at-risk.

 

For Teens is an exploitation prevention program providing stabilizing support and educational resources for teens at-risk, teen mothers and their children. We equip youth with tools to identify the warning signs of exploitive relationships and learn how to become advocates for themselves and allies for their peers.

 

Through For Her Digital, we provide online life skills classes, vocational workshops, and continuing education.

THE NETWORK

Together, we create opportunities for spiritual and relational connection, educational growth, and workforce development.

 

We offer opportunities for individuals, businesses and members within the community to link arms and be a part of the solution to these immediate needs. 

 

Our partners in the For Her Network engage in this work through volunteerism, monetary donations, sponsorships and contributing pro-bono professional services.

Meet the Team

Kayla Moilanen

Kayla Carter-Moilanen

Founder & CEO

Kayla Carter-Moilanen
Activist, Founder & CEO

Kayla Carter-Moilanen, a San Antonio native, is bridging the divide between the sacred and the secular, addressing systemic inequities, and creating space for unlikely but powerful connections in our community.

Fostering dignity and growing equity for young women is what launched Kayla into the nonprofit sector. She is the founder and CEO of For Her, a local nonprofit preventing sexual exploitation and supporting survivors since 2012. For Her was born from Kayla’s own experiences with power-based abuse and sexual assault. She discovered on her healing journey that her story was not unique, but shared by many women in our community. These injustices inspired Kayla to be a catalyst for change. She is helping survivors rewrite their narratives, honoring their truth with dignity.

For the last nine years, her focused efforts have been in mobilizing outreach, fighting for those who have been silenced, training and equipping community stakeholders, and on-ramping survivors of sexual exploitation towards successful lives. Today, Kayla has become a sought-after voice and advocate for women.

Kayla is an ordained minister, served on the Bexar County Prostitution Prevention Committee, and the Alamo Area Coalition Against Trafficking.

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Taryn Tiptop

Taryn Tipton

Program Manager

Taryn Tipton
Program Manager

A native of Flatonia, Texas, Taryn Tipton is a graduate of Texas A&M University and also has a Master’s in Higher Education Administration from Louisiana State University. As an educator with a decade of experience, she has worked as a classroom teacher and college counselor and in university admissions and student affairs.

As the Program Manager at For Her, Taryn’s focus is on helping women who are marginalized, overlooked, and underserved. She is responsible for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the agency’s client and community-facing programming that provides culturally-grounded and trauma-informed services. Taryn also supervises volunteers, provides training and works directly with clients.

Taryn is a staunch believer in the power of inclusive and authentic community, and her passion is to empower women to use their voice and walk with them on their journey towards healing and holistic wellbeing.

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Board of Directors

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Lora Schafer

Board Chair & Treasurer
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Robin Laine

Director & Secretary
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Chris Nikkel

Director
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Barbara Saathoff

Director
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David Jones

Director
Kayla Moilanen

Kayla Moilanen

Founder & Director

Contact Us

[email protected]
210.560.3490
Office Hours: M-F, 9am-5pm

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