Kim
Michelle MiJung Kim (she/her) believes âevery day, we have an opportunity to choose who we want to be and live our lives in alignment with our values.â As a queer immigrant Korean American woman entrepreneur, activist, speaker, writer, and author of the book, The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change, Kimâs life […]
Wazir
Maria Toorpakai Wazir is a multiple award-winning professional squash champion, author, activist, and trailblazer for global peace and human rights. Originally from the Taliban-controlled Waziristan tribal areas of the Pak-Afghanistan border, girlsâ involvement in the sport was strictly forbidden by local Islamic culture. To combat this challenge, and with her familyâs blessing, Toorpakai trained and competed […]
Kang, MD
Dr. Lydia Kang is a prolific author and a practicing physician. She is also an associate professor of Internal Medicine at University of Nebraska Medical Center who has gained a reputation for helping fellow writers achieve medical accuracy in fiction. She has written adult fiction, young adult fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Master storyteller meets scientist, […]
Guerrero
Lisa Guerrero is an award-winning journalist, author of Warrior: My Path to Being Brave, and former Chief Investigative Correspondent for Inside Edition. For 18 years, she traveled the country covering crimes, scams, cold cases, and consumer reports for Inside Edition. Her groundbreaking stories led to arrests, changed federal legislation, and impacted policies at Fortune 500 companies. Before […]
Brown
Good and Cheap began as a viral phenomenon and remains the most successful cookbook project ever recorded by Kickstarter. The expanded second edition is a New York Times bestseller that has sold 700,000 copies and counting. Leanne Brownâs goal was to create truly delicious, healthful recipes that meet the SNAP (food stamps) budget of $4 a day per person. Good […]
van Ogtrop
Kristin van Ogtrop is the former longtime editor-in-chief of Real Simple and âThe Amateurâ columnist for Time, and literary agent at InkWell Management. Her first book, Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom, filled with witty observations about life, career, and motherhood, established her as the âErma Bombeck of the […]
Paronto
Kris Paronto, affectionately known as âTantoâ in security contracting circles, is a former Army Ranger from 2nd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment and private security contractor who has deployed throughout South America, Central America, the Middle East and North Africa. He has worked with the US Governmentâs Global Response Staff, the US State Department High Threat […]
Kolbert
Kathryn Kolbert has had a long and distinguished career advancing womenâs rights as a public-interest attorney, journalist, and executive in the non-profit world. A co-founder of the Center for Reproductive Rights, she made her second appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court arguing the 1992 landmark case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, widely credited with saving Roe v. Wade until […]
Parker
Kate T. Parker, a professional photographer with two young daughters, was fed up with the mediaâs prevailing imagery of girls as demure and overly feminine. âI wanted to show my girls that beauty isnât about being a certain size, or having your hair done (or even brushed, in their cases), or wearing a fancy outfit. […]
Rhodes
Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes is a bestselling and award-winning author and educator for children and adults. She has written many for young adults, including the New York Times bestsellers Black Brother, Black Brother and Ghost Boys, both of which have been recently optioned for film adaptation. Rhodes has also received tremendous attention for her book, Towers […]