Our Staff

A Small Team. A Community-Wide Mission:

Olive Charitable Organization is led by a small, dedicated staff committed to preventing human trafficking, supporting survivors, and strengthening our community’s response to exploitation.

Our staff brings specialized training and experience in human trafficking prevention, advocacy, case management, education, and community collaboration. While our team may be small, our work is strengthened by a network of community partners, volunteers, law enforcement, service providers, and organizations working together to ensure those we serve have access to the resources and support they need.

April Molina

Program Manager & Education Coordinator

April Molina serves as Program Manager and Education Coordinator for Olive Charitable Organization, where she oversees programs and services, provides human trafficking prevention and community education, and works collaboratively with local agencies and community partners to strengthen the response to human trafficking and exploitation in Madera County.

April is a California State Certified Human Trafficking Case Manager and Victim Advocate and has completed extensive specialized training in human trafficking investigations, commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), multidisciplinary response, victim advocacy, online exploitation, social media, dark web investigations, behavioral indicators, and the emerging role of artificial intelligence in exploitation and law enforcement investigations. Her training spans both direct-service and law-enforcement perspectives, providing her with a broad understanding of human trafficking from identification and investigation through intervention, advocacy, and long-term support.

As an educator, April is a trained facilitator of PROTECT through 3Strands Global Foundation and ACE Overcomers, and provides prevention and awareness education to youth, parents, educators, professionals, law enforcement, and community organizations.

April’s commitment to this work is also deeply personal. As the mother of a daughter who experienced human trafficking, she understands the realities of exploitation from a family’s perspective and the challenges families can encounter when trying to recognize what is happening and find appropriate help.

Reflecting on her own experience, April often says, “I wish I knew when my daughter was being exploited, but now I know.” That knowledge has become a driving force behind her work. Her goal is to equip parents, young people, professionals, and community members with the information she wishes she had known—helping families recognize exploitation earlier, understand the warning signs, and know where to turn for help.

For April, education is more than awareness. It is an opportunity to help prevent another family from experiencing the same fate.

Jean Hutchison

Case Manager & Victim Advocate

Jean Hutchison serves as Case Manager and Victim Advocate for Olive Charitable Organization, working directly with individuals impacted by human sex trafficking, including commercially sexually exploited children (CSEC). Through individualized case management, advocacy, safety planning, referrals, and ongoing support, Jean works one-on-one with each person to identify their needs, establish goals, navigate available resources, and move toward greater safety and stability.

Since joining Olive’s staff, Jean has dedicated herself to developing a deeper understanding of human trafficking, trauma, exploitation, and the complex needs of those Olive serves. She is a California State Certified Human Trafficking Case Manager and Victim Advocate, a mandated reporter, and a trained facilitator of ACE Overcomers and Not a Number.

Jean also participates in Olive’s multidisciplinary work involving commercially sexually exploited youth, collaborating with professionals from multiple agencies to help coordinate an informed and individualized response. Her work with young people continues to expand, including recently being approved to provide services and programming to youth within the local juvenile correctional setting.

Jean’s commitment to this work extends beyond her professional role. As the aunt of a family member who experienced human trafficking, she understands that exploitation affects not only the individual, but also the families who love them.

That personal perspective, combined with her professional training and direct-service experience, shapes the compassion and determination she brings to her work each day. Jean believes that every person deserves to be heard, treated with dignity, and supported without judgment as they determine what moving forward looks like for them.

For Jean, case management is not simply connecting someone with services. It is building trust, creating consistency, and making sure the person knows they do not have to navigate the road ahead alone.