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Meet Alicia.
For over two decades, Alicia has been a leading voice shaping the national conversation around online dangers, internet predators, and child sexual exploitation.
From survivor to global advocate, Alicia Kozak empowers audiences worldwide with the tools to confront digital threats, foster resilience, and champion child protection.
About Alicia Kozak
At 13, Alicia Kozak (Kozakiewicz) became the first widely reported child victim of an internet-facilitated abduction by an online predator.
Abducted in 2002 from her Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania home, Alicia was held captive in a basement dungeon where her ordeal was livestreamed. A viewer recognized her from a missing persons poster and reported it, leading to a miraculous rescue by the FBI.
Alicia survived a nightmare that was completely unheard of at the time. Choosing to transform her survival into a lifelong mission, she made a decision that would define the rest of her life. At just 14 years old, she began bravely sharing her story and sounding the alarm at a time when the world did not yet understand that the internet could be dangerous. Her early, pioneering work marked the true turning point in modern digital safety.
Today, Alicia is a premier internet safety speaker and subject matter expert who bridges the gap between lived experience and clinical expertise. She holds a Master’s in Forensic Psychology and has spent more than 20 years educating communities on evolving digital threats. As an international keynote speaker and leading authority, she continues her global charge to empower schools, parent groups, law enforcement, and corporate audiences to protect children in the digital age.
As a trailblazer in internet safety, legislation, and child protection, Alicia partners with organizations globally:
International Keynote Speaker
Delivering powerful, customized presentations for corporate events, K-12 schools, universities, community groups, and law enforcement conferences. Alicia combines clinical insights with lived experience to address modern digital threats, resilience, and actionable safety strategies.
Subject Matter Consultant
Providing expert guidance to corporations, technology platforms, school administrators, and law enforcement agencies. Alicia leverages over 20 years of field advocacy, clinical insights, and a deep understanding of offender behavior and victim dynamics to help organizations develop robust child safety protocols, risk assessment strategies, and proactive frameworks for emerging and future digital threats.
Media Expert, Host & Advocate
Offering trusted, expert commentary as an on-air contributor for national news outlets, true-crime documentaries, and investigative series. As a dedicated victim advocate and the survivor at the center of a landmark case that reshaped child protection legislation nationwide, Alicia brings unparalleled insight to the screen. She provides expert analysis on evolving digital threats, kidnapping, human trafficking, and missing persons, leveraging her platform as a speaker, author, and investigative podcast host to give a voice to the vulnerable and educate the public on safety in the digital age.
Alicia’s Law
Alicia continues to drive real policy change by championing crucial legislation that secures vital state-level funding for Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces.
Passed in 13 states and counting, Alicia’s Law ensures that law enforcement agencies have the dedicated resources, specialized training, and advanced tools necessary to track digital offenders, rescue victims, and safeguard vulnerable children.
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Communication
Elevating public understanding of digital threats through news media, storytelling, and advocacy that bring clarity to complex issues and inspire meaningful change.
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Education
Delivering presentations and trainings for schools, organizations, law enforcement agencies, and professional audiences on recognizing, preventing, and responding to online harm and exploitation.
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Legislation
Championing Alicia’s Law and advancing stronger protections, resources, and funding for the task forces working to protect children online.
As seen on…
National news networks, true-crime documentaries, and global media outlets consistently rely on Alicia Kozak for live, trusted commentary and expert analysis as breaking stories unfold.
Real-World Impact
The profound power of Alicia's message across schools, businesses, and communities nationwide.
Tune in to the Podcast
Listen to The Alicia Kozak Podcast, an iHeart Radio show, on your favorite platform.
Connect with the podcast on social.
Read the Book
The Internet Safety Guidebook: Protecting Kids in the Digital Age
Get in Touch
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FAQ
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Alicia Kozakiewicz works to secure the passage of her namesake, Alicia's Law, in all 50 states. Due to a lack of dedicated federal resources, less than two percent of known child exploitation cases are being investigated. Alicia's Law provides a dedicated steady stream of state-specific funding to the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces.
By creating a new revenue stream, Alicia's Law builds permanent capacity for child rescue teams, revenue that will not fall victim to yearly fights over or cuts to the general budget. Alicia's Law focuses on securing state funding for the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces, a network of 61 task forces that makes up the backbone of U.S. capacity to fight child exploitation.
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After becoming the victim of an Internet luring and abduction, and following a miraculous rescue by the FBI, Alicia created The Alicia Project, a platform for Internet safety and awareness education.
Her mission: Promote Internet safety and child safety awareness education, advocate for missing and recovered persons, battle against child sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
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Alicia speaks to, advises, and consults with a variety of audiences who are invested in protecting children from internet crimes, including law enforcement, schools, legislatures, news outlets, and nonprofits.