DALLAS- A North Texas mother-turned-filmmaker is on a mission to stop sex trafficking. She’s now hoping the one move that changed her life is a warning to others.
Born in Korea in 1975, Chong Kim’s father brought her to the United States.
In the 80s, she went to school in Oklahoma. But in 1994, Kim moved to an apartment in Dallas.
Staring at the area where the old apartment complex was, Kim says, “It used to be over there.”
The landscape in the North Dallas neighborhood, off Interstate 75, has changed, but she said she remembered it all well.
One move changed her life
It was here, Kim said, a boyfriend who she’d only known for weeks picked her up with big promises.
“He said he wants to take me to Florida,” said Kim.
It felt like the perfect situation cast with the perfect characters.
“I called it the Cinderella syndrome,” she said. “I finally got to meet my prince charming.”
In Kim’s mind, her boyfriend would whisk her away from all her troubles. Her alleged rescuer looked like a soap opera hunk. She recalled he was tall and had beautiful blue eyes and dimples.