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This is why Indian American, Minal Patel, received the Presidential Medal

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Indian-American, Minal Patel Davis, has been honoured for her extraordinary contribution towards combatting human trafficking in Houston.

Davis, the Special Advisor on Human Trafficking to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, received the ‘Presidential Medal for Combating Human Trafficking’ in the White House last week at a ceremony also attended by President Donald Trump.

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“It was unbelievable,” said Davis after winning the award, the country’s highest honour in the field.

“My parents came here from India. I was the first one in my family born in the United States, so to end up in the Mayor’s office a few years ago, and then to now end up in the White House, it was unbelievable,” she said.

Appointed in July 2015, Davis has made a local impact on human trafficking in America’s fourth-largest city from a policy-level perspective and by helped in advancing systems change.

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