After decades of silence, one Northern Colorado man is sharing his story in hopes of helping others find their voice.
Joshua Constatine, a survivor leader with A Courageous Rose, said memories of abuse from his childhood stayed buried for years. Constatine said he was abused as a child and later realized he had been trafficked, something he did not fully understand until much later in life.
“He passed me around to other men. And I didn’t know the term trafficking until I met Maria at A Courageous Rose,” Constatine said.
Maria Tell, founder of A Courageous Rose, is also a survivor of human trafficking. She started the Fort Collins-based nonprofit in 2022 to support others navigating similar experiences…