Cherie Jimenez

Director

Boston, USA

Cherie Jimenez is currently serving as SPACE Intl. director, a global network of survivors. She has been a representative of SPACE since its inception in 2013 and served as Board Chair for a number of years. As an activist and survivor of the sex trade, Cherie has over twenty years of experience in organizing and advocacy work.

Cherie drew from her own personal experiences in 2005, creating a comprehensive exit program in Boston that would address the enormous need for specialized services, emergency housing and peer support for those wanting out of prostitution. She, herself, understood the challenges of exiting out and having to re-create a new life role after years of being caught up in systems of prostitution. In 2019, she initiated a campaign for legislative change through the support of SPACE Intl. and other international partners. It wasn’t until later in life that Cherie was able to complete her education, obtaining a degree in management from the University of Massachusetts.

As founder of the EVA Center, she served as director until 2024, when she offered to come on to SPACE Intl in order to continue the important work of building a strong voice of survivors from around the globe to change how we think about prostitution and push for policy changes.