She has photographed over 50 feature stories for Smithsonian Magazine and has shot for many other national publications, large corporations and governmental agencies. Her extensive work on human trafficking has taken her all over the world for the U.S. State Department, Free the Slaves, Hagar International, Bus-des-Femmes, the International Cocoa Initiative, Bonded Labour in the Netherlands and other anti-trafficking organizations. Recently she founded ArtWorks for Freedom, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to reframe how human trafficking is portrayed and transform public perceptions and attitudes through the use of art in all its forms. Her images can be viewed at kaychernush.com and artworksforfreedom.org.