Connecting Survivors to Careers in Tech
AnnieCannons' mission is to train, prepare, and connect human trafficking survivors of sustainable careers in tech. Through a trauma-informed coding and workforce development program, AnnieCannons trains survivors to become professional software developers and AI engineers and places them in paid apprenticeships with partner companies through a model that converts at over 80%, with median starting salaries of $75,000 or more. The program is tailored for people who have faced compounded barriers including poverty, housing insecurity, interrupted education, and trauma across multiple systems.
Founder
Laura Hackney is a human rights advocate and full-stack software engineer from Atlanta, GA. She is the CEO and Cofounder of AnnieCannons, a national organization dedicated to training, preparing, and connecting individuals who have experienced human trafficking to sustainable careers in tech. Prior to AnnieCannons, Laura managed the Program on Human Rights at Stanford University’Freeman Spogli Institute. She also worked as the Senior Research Associate for Stanford’s Anti-Trafficking Project.
