Ezequiel Dominguez

Ezequiel Y. Dominguez, MSW, is a Ph.D. student in social work at Arizona State University and Associate Director of the Office of Sex Trafficking Intervention Research, where he oversees applied research and evaluation projects related to human trafficking and exploitation. He is a Health Policy Research Scholar with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and holds dual fellowships through the Council on Social Work Education's Minority Fellowship Program and Doctoral Student Policy Fellowship. His work includes advising and collaborating with local, state, and national partners, reflected in his service on the City of Phoenix Mayor’s Human Trafficking Task Force, the Arizona Attorney General’s Worker Protection Task Force, and his role as a board member and secretary of Arizona Legal Women and Youth Services.

Raised in the U.S. Southwest, his work is informed by family and community histories of migration and labor. This grounding shapes a research agenda focused on labor trafficking and exploitation, with attention to how policy design and service systems shape vulnerability and access to protection. His scholarship spans peer-reviewed publications, commissioned research reports, and national and international conference presentations, as well as invited talks, trainings, and media interviews.

In addition to his academic role, Dominguez is the Director and co-founder of Arizona Labor Trafficking Outreach (ALTO), an initiative launched in 2021 to support labor trafficking outreach, training, and technical assistance across the state. Through ALTO, he leads training curricula, develops outreach strategies, and works directly with service providers, labor advocates, and government agencies to strengthen trafficking identification and response efforts.