Nadya Okamoto, who grew up in Portland, OR, is 20-years-old and a Harvard sophomore. She is the Founder and Executive Director of PERIOD, an organization she founded at the age of 16. She is also the Co-founder and spokesperson of Next Fellows. PERIOD is now the largest yo[...]
Maline is the woman behind Nooma Consulting, which helps adoptive parents better understand their children, giving them a perspective on adoption that is not sold in the media, through agencies, or in orphanages. She helps parents explore the difficult truth that the compl[...]
Resist. I love the strong tones in that word. It’s hard to say it in a whisper. It demands that it be spoken aloud with gusto. Resist. The word immediately brings me visions of clasped hands and phone trees, transports me to marches and bus boycotts and revolutions. Years of coo[...]
Ann Muno has been doing girls' empowerment work for over 20 years. She co-founded Powerful Voices and directs a statewide non-profit called The Justice for Girls Coalition of Washington State. Her articles that capture what works to empower girls have been published in[...]
Taylor Morrison is a quasi-creative, communicator, and a change agent. She leads employee engagement at a telematics startup by day, a brand strategy firm and an e-commerce shop by night, advocates for water and sanitation health in her spare time, and writes every moment[...]