PHOENIX -- Not everyone can talk about their darkest days as openly as Carolyn Jones.

Jones, who grew up in a broken home, entered the world of child prostitution when she was 15 years old.

"You don't fit in at home. You don't fit in at school. You don't fit in anywhere. So you run to the street," said Jones. "The streets welcome you, and when you get out there, you realize you have to do something to survive.

"I just remember a man telling me when I was 15 years old that if I go to the motel room with him, he'd give me $100," said Jones.

Pimps working the street hook young girls in with a promise of a better life, she said.

"We like the glamor, the nice car, that guy (who has) a nice car. He's buying me all these nice things," said Jones. “But it ended up being a broken, broken promise."

Jones said the reality of her life was that she was stabbed, shot and beaten over the years. Alcohol and drugs created a vicious cycle -- a tug-of-war between periods of sobriety and life on the streets.

That tug-of-war continued until one day in 2002 when prostitutes in Phoenix’s Garfield district started turning up dead.

"These are women I was drinking with. Getting high with. That I was in and out of cars with. There are women that I knew. One of the women they found was my sister,” said Jones.

Janice Irving, Jones’ older sister, was one of several prostitutes murdered by now convicted serial killer Corey Morris. Morris was arrested in April of 2003.

“When they found my sister murdered, I just stopped at this bus stop and cried out, and said, ‘God, I'm tired. I don’t want to live like this no more,’” said Jones. “I became bitter and angry, and I became broken at the same time."

Fast forward to 2010. Jones has come full circle. She’s now a survivor who works with community and church groups, sharing her story in hopes it will help fight the problem of child prostitution in the Valley.

Recently, she sat alongside Phoenix VICE investigators and community activists and shared her insight at a community forum held at Bethany Bible Church in Phoenix.

"I'm no longer part of the problem. I’m part of the solution today, and I don't want to see no other young girl, 13 years old, be out there in them streets and have to live that life," said Jones. “It's hard sometimes, but you know it's what I have to do. I didn't have to be the one that made it."