HEAT

Dr. Judge is the Co-Founder of Boston Human Exploitation Advocacy Team (HEAT), a nonprofit organization that deploys an innovative approach of Street Psychology, combining peer advocacy and community education to support women trapped in cycles of addiction and the sex trade define their own recovery.

HEAT’s pioneering service model and community collaborations have been honored by the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and an Anti-Trafficking Leadership Innovation and Sustainability (ATLIS) Fellowship from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office in Trafficking in Persons.

Recent Media Appearances

• Mass and Cass Addiction Strategy Faces Treatment Change
  WBUR News
  February 10, 2026
• Public Safety Meets Public Health: Examining Public Safety, Substance Use, and Mental Health in the Mass & Cass Community
  Northeastern University
  2025
• Opioid Task Force Event Explores Intersection of Addiction and Human Trafficking
  Greenfield Recorder
  February 3, 2025
• Survivors of Human Trafficking
  APA Monitor on Psychology
  March 2025
• 7 Investigates: Crossroads of a Crisis
  Boston Channel 7 (WHDH)
  April 28, 2025