Passionate about serving girls and women who have experienced victimization through exploitation and sex trafficking, Liz Liles is investing her life in serving and empowering survivors to find hope for their lives and freedom for their futures. Liz founded Daughters of Worth, a non-profit organization, to provide trauma-informed, comprehensive services for girls and women who are victims of violence, specifically human trafficking. Through prevention education, safety planning, documentation recovery, case management, advocacy, emergency support, relocation services, and trauma-informed mental health services, Daughters of Worth directly assists survivors in finding the support they need to heal and begin a new journey in life. In addition, Daughters of Worth serves more than 500 girls in three counties through prevention education empowerment sessions and community outreach initiatives.

Liz Liles holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from East Carolina University, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate, and is a NC Victim’s Services Practitioner. She also holds an Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership from Duke University and serves on multiple human trafficking and behavioral health initiatives throughout North Carolina.

She has been part of life-changing philanthropic work for twenty years and lives each day with a heart to bring a voice to the voiceless and create change where it is needed most. In 2020, Liz was awarded the Best Irons Humanitarian Award, and Daughters of Worth received the Excellence in Nonprofits Award from the NC Community Foundation of the East.

It is the prayer of Liz Liles that her every breath will be used to bring hope, healing, and freedom to others.