With the purpose of supporting domestic violence survivors. Hannah Kay shares a powerful story of recovery she discovered on the road!

Hannah Kay Herdlinger has been living her passion throughout her life -- connecting with and helping others. Her career has taken her across many industries starting with serving in the United States Senate for Senator Mark Pryor. She was then recruited to join Facebook as a founding member of the Washington DC political office. Sheryl Sandberg connected with Hannah Kay during the period of time of the writing and publication of the book “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead”, which provided international exposure to the non-profit, Lean In – created to empower all women to achieve their ambitions. Hannah Kay became Head of Operations for that entire organization. She then connected with Arianna Huffington and took time to help her launch Thrive Global. Hannah Kay was born with the purpose of living her life by connecting with others. Her passion is to help others build confidence in themselves, which fueled the creation of Thread Talk – a company with the purpose of supporting domestic violence survivors. Hannah Kay lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx