‘Sandy’ says her journey to a life of prostitution began when she was nine and her mother sold her for sex to pay for drugs.
She is now 17 and has completed her education thanks to the work of a shelter called Children of the Night in Van Nuys, north of Los Angeles.
She told Sky News: “There’s a bunch of young girls that go into prostitution because it is easier and fast money and that’s what everyone wants.”
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