Brenna Neimanis

Brenna Neimanis is a Good Shepherd volunteer at a juvenile justice residential detention facility that serves adolescent girls in the New York City neighborhood of Brooklyn. She has a degree in social work and humanitarian affairs from James Madison University, where she served as president of the Social Work Organization, on the executive board of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, as a member of the Shenandoah Valley Justice Initiative, and as a member of Phi Alpha, the social work honors fraternity.

She spent her college summers in India, Thailand and Laos, working with survivors of sex trafficking as well as with prevention and outreach work concerning human trafficking in these areas. She plans to pursue a master's degree in social work and continue to work with women and children who have experienced significant trauma.