Grace Jo LIVE at the National High School Leadership Conference

She escaped the North Korean regime and lived in hiding for years. Human rights activist Grace Jo shares her incredible story of escaping real oppression and finding freedom. -- Grace Jo is a North Korean defector who suffered from starvation and family loss. She was repatriated twice to North Korea and imprisoned by the Chinese government, but escaped with the help of a pastor in 2006. In 2008, she and her family were rescued by the UNHCR and resettled in the US. Today, she serves as a vice president for NKinUSA, an organization that helps North Korean defectors with rescue, resettlement, and emergency assistance.