KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Emmy Nominated Actress, Director & Entrepreneur; Advocate & Family Culture Shaper

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur

Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center, BET News Correspondent, Human Rights Activist & Author

Actor, Best Known for Films "The List" & "Prey for the Devil" and Television Series "13 Reasons Why"

LGBTQ Activist & Actor; Known for “My So Called Life,” “13 Reasons Why” & “Star Trek: Discovery”

Stand-Up Comedian, Actor, Writer & Activist; Best Known for "Cheech & Chong"

Retired Lt. Colonel, US Air Force; America's First Latina Fighter Pilot; Executive Director, San Antonio Chapter of Women in Aviation International; STEM Advocate

Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer; Best Known for Her Work on "Selma" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Media Entrepreneur, Author & Political Analyst for CBS News

Actor, Author, Activist & Restaurateur; Recovery & Intervention Counselor for Troubled Youth

Community Leader; Education Advocate; CEO of Alvarado Construction & National Women's Hall of Famer; First Latino Owner of a Major League Baseball Team

Afro-Latino Voice Actress, Singer & Songwriter, Known for Disney's Blockbuster hit "Encanto"

Author, Attorney, Political Commentator, Health & Education Advocate; Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

Olympic Gold Medalist, NY Times Bestselling Author, Actress

Actor, Bestselling Author, Advocate, Wounded U.S. Army Veteran, Motivational Speaker on Resilience & Optimism

3-Time Daytime Emmy Award-Winning Journalist, Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author & Breast Cancer Survivor

Aerospace Engineer & Former NASA Rocket Scientist; Comedian, Actor, Emcee, Writer, and Producer

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

Scholar, Author, Professor, Civil Rights Historian & Director of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute

Writer, Filmmaker; Black Studies Scholar & Founder of BYP100