Rhoda Johnson spent the entirety of her 36 working years in academia, with 13 in the field of sociology and 23 in the Department of Women’s Studies. For five years, she served as the chair of the Department of Women’s Studies. Her specialty was women’s health, and she collaborated with professors as a member of a consortium that worked in preventive medicine.
After her husband died in January 2008, she decided to retire and become a self-employed consultant. She expected an uneventful time with exciting travels and pursuits.
Quite unexpectedly, she found herself in the unfamiliar world of trafficking. Having taken on the responsibility of a delinquent teenage granddaughter, the retiree realized that she would not be traveling to far-off destinations. Rather, she would be exposed to a life she never knew existed. She would have to learn a new way of seeing and being.
