Discovering YOU Magazine September 2022 Issue | Page 18

FEATURE ARTICLE

I changed the amber alert and opened an organization in 2016 to help others and put the information out there about human trafficking. I also train a human trafficking team of different police in Michigan. In 2003 and 2004, I changed the amber alert rewritten to search for missing children at the time they are reported to the police. Since then, I got over 50 abandoned houses knocked down, and after-hour clubs closed. I did this in honor of my beautiful Bre. Bryona was 15 years old; she loved her family and life. She was loved by everyone. She was the bond

We put out flyers with her name, picture, and my phone number. We searched for her every day. We never found her until the day I just got out of jail from going after one of the monsters who had my daughter. Not only did I find the human trafficking ring that had my daughter, but we also saved two other girls that day. Watching the news, they found my daughter's body on April 8th in an abandoned building on the east side of Detroit.

and glue to the family. I miss her so much. Her little sister needs her and still cries for her every day. Bryona loves children and animals. She was very smart and knew what she wanted to do in life.

Sophia Williams started the first human trafficking organization in Detroit, Michigan, MAMOC (Mothers Against Murdering Our Children)

"I want to leave a legacy of love, and compassion, by helping as many people as possible out of human trafficking ...."