More Too Life founder and CEO, Dr. Brook Bello is an author, innovative thought leader, filmmaker/actress who believes that "art heals". As their trademarked logo and motto states, "victim to survivor, survivor to thriver, thriver to champion," Dr. Bello is changing the way pop culture views sexual exploitation and its end. She and her team at More Too Life address the root causes of human trafficking, such as incest, rape, molestation, pedophilia, poverty, fatherlessness, and other societal issues that often camouflage these abuses. Brook's efforts as a human rights activist lead to sweeping changes in 2015 to Florida law through the passage of HB369 and HB465. The Florida house and senate unanimously approved both bills which for the first time where Brook added and included the language using the word prostitution as it relates to human trafficking. As a nationally recognized innovative thought leader in the prevention of human trafficking, sexual violence, and sexual exploitation, Dr. Bello is a member of the Demand Abolition Research Advisory Council for Hunt Alternative and a truth panel member for the Frederick Douglas Family Initiative. She has spoken and taught alongside some of the world's most influential people including U.S. Presidents, state governors, senators, legislators, and community leaders. Recognized for her powerful work with youth, she serves on the board of the Department of Juvenile Justice for Sarasota and Manatee County. Dr. Bello was featured as a keynote speaker at the following national events: the Eradication of Modern Day Slavery Summit at the White House with President Jimmy Carter at the Global Freedom Summit, Rotary International where she presented on victim services, United Way Worldwide, The Global Summit at Wheelock College in Boston along side Cherie Blair, social justice leader and wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School, Mass Housing, DC Housing Authority, and the Underground Railroad Freedom Center's Inaugural Freedom Summit along side Joshua Dubois, Mira Sorvino, Mara Vanderslice-Kelly, First Baptist Church Glenarden Women's Conferences and other churches, conferences, sermons and talks. Author of Living Inside the Rainbow, available at Harvard University Bookstore, Amazon and iBooks, Dr. Bello is passionate about children, teens, and women. She also has a heart for male youth, fathers, and men of honor, understanding that men are the primary consumers of sex-slavery and thus are the biggest part of the solution. She believes that every child longs for a father. In addition to her work as an author and founder of More Too Life, Dr. Bello is a licensed chaplain, an ordained minister, and has received two honorary doctorates for her years of work in human trafficking and ministry. Her bachelor's degree is in Biblical Studies from Covenant Theological Seminary. She is currently completing both her master's and doctoral degree in Christian Counseling from CICA-International. She also hosts a YouTube web series entitled Brook Bello Inspires featuring inspirational speaking, teaching, and preaching ministry. Her recent honor to be named by United Way Worldwide, as one of the heroes, will be seen in the 2016 television series, "The Hero Effect" produced by United Way Worldwide and Dolphin Media. Brook has several awards and was chosen as hero of the month by Discovery Communications November 2015. To learn more you can visit this her site by going to brookbello.com.
