Alezandra Russell Biography

Award winning anti-trafficking activist, Alezandra Russell, is an entrepreneur, author and founder of Urban Light, a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring, rebuilding and empowering the lives of young men affected by the human trafficking industry in Thailand. After a 2009 visit to Thailand where she witnessed firsthand the trafficking, violence and exploitation of young boys in Chiang Mai, Russell founded Urban Light. Russell sold her engagement and wedding rings to raise capital to launch the first non-profit of its kind. Urban Light has provided services to over 6,000 vulnerable young men and boys through an array of health, education, creative and recreational activities at its Urban Light Youth Center in Chiang Mai. Urban Light is empowering at-risk young males to live a life outside of exploitation and trafficking by providing desperately needed services that directly address the needs of young men and boys. Despite the exposure Russell and her team have brought to the trials faced by these young men who are victims of trafficking, Urban Light remains one of the only organizations in Thailand working specifically on behalf of boys who are so often overlooked, forgotten, and ignored in the global discussion of trafficking and exploitation. In June, 2018, Russell was forced to flee Thailand as a result of her work, but she continues to advocate across the globe for the restoration of the lives of these boys served by Urban Light.

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