Trong Hong is a businessman and motivational speaker who unites his homebuilding skills with his passion to help exploited women and children.  As the President of the Tronie Corporation, Trong has grown his commercial and residential construction business from the ground up, recognized by National Builder magazine as one of the top minority owned businesses in the United States.   Building quality homes is especially meaningful for Trong because of his own vulnerable childhood.  As a 9-year-old boat refugee fleeing communism in Vietnam, Trong survived modern-day pirate raids only to be shipwrecked on a remote island for two years.  He endured much of that time alone in a cave. Trong survived that tragic experience by beginning to teach himself the art of homebuilding.  Then he used banana branches and coconut leaves; now a world away , he crafts award-winning luxury homes in Western Washington.    Trong's  traumatic past now compels him to use his building skills to help others. 

Trong and his wife, Rani, founded the Tronie Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing  homes for human trafficking survivors,  modern day slaves.   His has shared his story in local and national media,  including on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,”  to help bring attention to the plight of those who suffer.  The Hongs are recipients of many awards, including the Tom Wales Foundation Passionate Citizenship Award.