Daphne founded California Against Slavery over a decade ago to combat human trafficking in the U.S. She was the co-proponent of Proposition 35 in 2012, a California ballot measure to provide more justice for human trafficking victims and survivors. It passed with 81.3% voter approval. It still holds the record as the most successful initiative in California history. After that, Daphne went on to be a foster mom and later worked on foster care reform. She did all these as her labor of love. Her career is in business intelligence and digital marketing analytics for mobile and software as a service (SaaS) businesses.

From her advocacy work in human trafficking, Daphne recognizes the possible dangers of children and adolescents on the internet. The typical victim of commercial sexual exploitation is first sold as a tween (9-12 years old). And the most common channel traffickers use to entice these tweens is the internet.

Through Daphne’s experience as a foster mom and guardian as well as an aunt, she feels the need for better tools to help safeguard kids online. She tested a number of different parental control apps and felt frustrated at how cumbersome and insufficient they could be. She’s seen firsthand the emotional and mental harm that children are exposed to when they aren’t guided and protected by parents and guardians. The healing process is both painful and long. Prevention is always the better, wiser, least time consuming route. Thus the vision for Fortress is formed.