Candle company lights a way for victims of sex-trafficking

‘I’d never known anything but darkness.’

<strong>Re + New + All founder Lee Howard (left) and Kelsea Vaughn package candles for shipping on Sept. 15, 2020. The candle company offers employment and a brighter future for survivors of sex trafficking.</strong> (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)

Re + New + All founder Lee Howard (left) and Kelsea Vaughn package candles for shipping on Sept. 15, 2020. The candle company offers employment and a brighter future for survivors of sex trafficking. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)

Toni Lepeska
By , Special to The Daily Memphian Updated: September 25, 2020 2:59 PM CT | Published: September 25, 2020 11:20 AM CT

For at least one local worker, where there was once darkness, now there is light. 

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Toni Lepeska

Toni Lepeska

Toni Lepeska is a freelance reporter for The Daily Memphian. The 34-year veteran of newspaper journalism is an award-winning essayist and covers a diversity of topics, always seeking to reveal the human story behind the news. Toni, who grew up in Cayce, Mississippi, is a graduate of the University of Mississippi. To learn more, visit tonilepeska.com


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