Ali Safran, a senior at Mount Holyoke College, is a sexual assault survivor, activist, and rape crisis counselor.

Three years after being sexually assaulted in high school, she started speaking out about the trauma and then formed Surviving in Numbers (survivinginnumbers.tumblr.com), which has led more than 250 assault survivors to share their stories and gain strength from one another.

She is experienced speaking to media about this sensitive topic and is open to press interviews.