Curren Price’s Pioneer Woman of the Year: A Champion in the Fight Against Human Trafficking
March 12, 2019
Councilmember Curren Price and Honoree Tangelia Myles Tangelia Myles, a human trafficking survivor and advocate for victims, was the 2019 “Pioneer Woman of the Year” for District 9. On March 8, Tangelia was one of 15 women honored by Los Angeles City Councilmembers on International Women’s Day. She is a California native, born and raised in the Ninth District. As a minor, she bounced around from foster home to foster home. From the ages of 18 to 22, her trafficker moved her across the United States to Las Vegas and New York. She not only helps survivors of sex trafficking, she