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Phil Plait is the Bad Astronomer. Not a bad astronomer, but a blogger for Discover Magazine who debunks myths and misconceptions..

Tiq speaks and writes about intersectional leadership.

Samy Nour Younes Figaredo is a proud multi-hyphenate

laura Turner Seydel is a national environmental advocate and eco-living expert dedicated to creating a healthy and sustainable .  

The man responsible for developing Bandai Co., Ltd.’s wildly popular capsule toys.

Inara George is a singer and songwriter whose pure and lovely tone inhabits several solo records -- and has inspired collaborations.

As the lead singer of U2, one of the most popular and influential rock bands of the last 30 years.

Sara Ramirez is an actress, activist, singer and songwriter, best known for her role on "Grey's Anatomy." She graduated with a fine arts degree from the Juilliard School, and began…

In the years since Aloe Blacc’s last album, "Lift Your Spirit," the global superstar spent time working on an even dearer project.

Lisa Oz is a writer, producer and entrepreneur. She was born in Philadelphia, PA.

A partner in the highly successful Esparza-Katz Productions with Robert Katz, he worked with stars such as Robert Redford.

R “Ray” Wang (pronounced WAHNG) is the Founder, Chairman

Kimberlé Crenshaw, Professor of Law at UCLA and Columbia Law School.

Dorothy Roberts is the 14th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor and George A.

Included on NPR’s list of “Best Commencement Speeches” Tiffany Shlain is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, founder.

Khadija Gbla was just 3-years-old when the war broke out in her country, Sierra Leone.

Called the Gil-Scott Heron of this generation by Cornel West, Malcolm London is a young Chicago poet.

Cesar Kuriyama has been selecting one second of video from every day of his life.

Annie Lennox is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist.

Oskar Eustis has served as the Artistic Director of The Public Theater since 2005.

Franklin Leonard is the founder and CEO of the Black List, the company that celebrates and supports great screenwriting.

Sellanga “Blinky Bill” Ochieng is a Kenyan musician, producer, and DJ. He is a TED Fellow.

Phillip Atiba Goff is the inaugural Franklin A. Thomas Professor in Policing Equity at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Timnit Gebru is a computer scientist who works on algorithmic bias and data mining.

Dr. Daniel Pauly is a French citizen who completed his high school and university studies in Germany..

Rodney Robinson has over 20 years experience as an educator with Richmond Public Schools.

Lex Gillette is the best totally blind long and triple jumper in the history of the U.S. Paralympic movement.

Brittany Packnett Cunningham is a social justice activist, educator and writer.

Montague’s work particularly focuses on computational neuroscience – the connection between physical mechanisms present in real neural tissue.

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor specializes in 19th-century U.S. history and race. Her first book, Colored Travelers.

Valeriana Chikoti-Bandua was born into this world as a refugee, she is indigenous to the Ovimbundu tribe...

Stephanie Wilson is an engineer and NASA astronaut. She was the second African-American woman.

Dan Pallotta is a builder of movements. He invented the multi-day charitable event industry with the AIDSRides and Breast Cancer 3-Days.

Dr. Andrea Pennington is an integrative physician, acupuncturist, and bestselling author.

Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University and founding president of the Learning Policy Institute.