About Us
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In the spring of 2008, Ms. Kim decided to volunteer at Nightlight, an organization that fights human trafficking and the exploitative sex industry in Bangkok, Thailand. Seeing Nightlight’s immense need of material, human and financial support, Ms. Kim realized that fighting injustice was not as easy as she thought it would be. After her volunteer work was over, she learned about various organizations such as Not For Sale, Polaris Project, and others that were doing work on the front lines — fighting the same fight as Nightlight. But she found that all these organizations had a similar struggle — they all needed consistent marketing and financial support. That winter, she realized that her passion for art and fashion could be used for a greater purpose. She decided to create an organization that would act as a hub for all these great groups; each group would be featured on the runway, and have space to sell their merchandise. At the same time, these groups would be generating awareness about their causes and potentially recruiting new volunteers, as well. Thus, the concept for Freedom and Fashion was born. Freedom and Fashion is a fashion orientated creative arts organization that is a resource hub for fair-trade businesses and non-profit organizations dealing with labor and sex trafficking.
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Board of Directors
| B. Kim | Founder, President & CEO |
| Carol Shih | Volunteer Director |
| Jonathan Huang | Creative Director |
| Jeanne Heo | Art Director |
| Victoria Young | Marketing Director |
| Mary Chang | Secretary / Ticketing Manager |
We are a unique organization comprised of students, working professionals, artists, networkers, fashionita/os all willing to volunteer our time to see this creative awareness-fundraiser events become an instrument for positive change. We believe that no matter what age and background anyone make a difference if there is passion and determination.
Freedom and Fashion Team
| Lizeth Zavala | Events Assistant |
| Hanah Kim | Events Assistant/Public Relations Manager Assistant |
| Tatiana Christofferson | Events Model |
| Chris Baltodano | Events / Model |
| Rea Kim | Product Developer and Assistant |
| Giovanna Velasquez | Partner Relations |
| Daisy Cho | Film Director |
| Joshua Yee | Film Editor |
| Matthew Hodges | Videotographer and Film Editor |
| Claire Hellar | Blog and Magazine Editor In Chief |
| Giovanny Panginda | Blog and Magazine Writer |
| Natalie Quach | Blog Writer |
| Rebecca Barlow | Model Coordinator |
| Clara Hutzler | Press and Public Relations Manager |
| Nancy Wei | FnF 2010 Collection Designer |
| Giovanna Velasquez | Partner Relations |
| Clara Hutzler | Press & Public Relations Manager |
| Tiffany Lynn Ingro | FnF Rep & Public Relations |
| Sonia Lee | Intern |
| Allison Lee | Intern |
| Celine Huynh | Intern |
| Stacie Levitt | Intern |
