United Nations Human Rights Award Recipient
Founder, Tronie Foundation
www.troniefoundation.org
Rani Hong combines her nationally recognized business skills with her passion to effect change for exploited women and children. She has contributed to the passage of precedent setting laws in Washington State, making it a national leader for addressing the crimes against women and children, as well as advising U.S. Congress, the White House and other parliaments on the issues of prevention of human trafficking. Rani is a United States American Embassy speaker for the Department of State domestically and abroad to lobby for the rights of women and children reform. She and her husband, Trong Hong, founded the Tronie Foundation, a non-profit organization promoting education, policy change, and restoration for children of violent crimes. Rani's story has appeared in local, national, and international media, including on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” and BBC World News, where she shared her plight as a child slavery survivor in India. Rani has shared her story at numerous speaking panels, trainings, churches, evening events and press conferences. In addition to being the spokesperson for The Tronie Foundation, Rani works with journalists in print, radio, and broadcast to be a voice for those enslaved. For the past 10 years, Rani has enjoyed sharing her story and working directly with over 50 women and children who have been exploited in 6 different countries.
