Lillian Martino
Lillian Martino was born in Ghana, Africa and adopted by a family in the United States at age three. She is now an eighteen-year-old senior attending Wasatch High School in Heber City, Utah and will graduate in May. A lover of soccer, Lillian plays for the Black Diamond Soccer Club in Park City and was recently awarded a scholarship to play for BYU-Hawaii Women’s Soccer team this Fall.
Ms. Martino is a driven young woman with a passion for fighting for freedom. She is the founder of Fahodie for Friends, a non-profit organization that combats human trafficking in Ghana. Together with the EPWA, their partnering organization, they operate a safe house in Ghana.
Fahodie for Friends envisions a world where all children have the freedom to achieve their maximum potential through education, hard work, financial independence, and healthy lives. They are working to create a world where the cycle of poverty ends, and the freedom to have productive lives and futures is available to even the most disadvantaged. So far, this young organization has been successful in rescuing 11 young adults who had were victims of modern day slavery.
“Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only
thing that ever has.”
-
Margaret Mead
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