Sy's former career remained on the legal end of sex work and hasn't interfered with starting a business. However, according to Robyn Few, executive director of the Sex Workers Outreach Program (SWOP), many former sex workers face obstacles when looking for new jobs. Often sex workers have five or ten unaccountable years on their résumé they cannot explain to potential employers. And if they've been arrested, they must often disclose their criminal history on state applications for professional licenses; the city does not ask for criminal history on the business tax certificate application.

Happy with her new career, which she documents in a blog on Lush Orchid's Web site, Sy is trying to employ former Cambodian sex workers as her seamstresses, though organizing this has been difficult in the current Cambodian political climate.

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