Nafissa Thompson-Spires is an author and assistant professor of English, African American Studies, and Jewish Culture and Society at the University of Illinois. Nafissa earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois and went on to earn her PhD in English from Vanderbilt University. She has published her first book, “Heads of the Colored People”, which takes... read full bio
Storm Reid is an American actress who is best known for playing Meg in the Disney film “A Wrinkle in Time”. Reid starting acting at a young age but gained popularity after playing Emily in the Academy Award-winning film “12 Years a Slave”. After playing Emily, Reid continued to play small roles in indie films and played Tina in “Sleight”.... read full bio
Caylin Moore is an author, Rhodes Scholar, speaker, and role model. He speaks for every kid who is deprived of hope in downtrodden communities. He shares his story of growing up in one of the most impoverished, gang-infested communities in the US in his book “A Dream Too Big: The Story of an Improbable Journey from Compton to Oxford”. Moore... read full bio
Cameron Kasky is an American activist and advocate against gun violence. He is co-founder of the student-led Gun Violence Prevention advocacy group Never Again MSD. He helped lead this group after becoming a survivor of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Shortly after, he helped organize the March for Our Lives nationwide student protest. Kasky has previously... read full bio
Brian Fanzo is a millennial keynote speaker who educates businesses on digital marketing and emerging technologies. He has previously worked for the Department of Defense in cybersecurity and went on to be a technology evangelist at a cloud computing startup. Fanzo is the founder of iSocialFanz, which has helped digital and influencer strategies with brands such as Applebeers, Dell, Adobe,... read full bio
Orion Sun is an American singer-songwriter whose soulful voice, introspective lyrics, and jazzy beats have won over the hearts of her fans. Born and raised in Philadelphia, she began writing music at a young age as a way to process her experiences and emotions. She honed her craft while attending Berklee College of Music, where she studied jazz and soul... read full bio
Junius Meyvant is a musical project of Unnar Gisli Sigurmundsson, an Icelandic singer-songwriter. He has released an EP, and two albums, “Floating Harmonies” and “Across the Borders”. Meyvant has won Newcomer of the Year and Best Single of the Year for “Color Decay” from the Icelandic Music Awards. He’s also won Best Pop Album of the Year in the Icelandic... read full bio
Chloe Lilac is an American musician from Brooklyn. She got her start at only 13 years old when she would sneak out of her house with her mother’s guitar and play it in the Manhattan streets. Fast forward to four years later, Lilac started writing her own self-produced songs of her life growing up in New York City. She has... read full bio
Heather Morgan is an American country singer-songwriter from Richardson, Texas. As a songwriter, she has co-written songs for artists such as, Billy Ray Cyrus, Brett Eldredge, Keith Urban, Eli Young Band, Ashley Gearing, Sara Evans, Maddie & Tae, Cole Swindell, Martina McBride, Dierks Bentley, and Kenny Chesney. As a musician herself, Morgan has released her debut studio album, “Borrowed Heart”.... read full bio
Radamiz is an American rapper, songwriter, director, and actor from Brooklyn, New York. He is apart of the Brooklyn based collective, Mogul Club, and is of Dominican descent. He has released a mixtape, “The Longer Way Home”, and a studio album, “Writeous”, with another on the way. He has performed at the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival where he opened for Nas.... read full bio
Abigail F. Cowen is an up-and-coming actress. She is best known for playing Dorcas, one of the three weird sisters in the Netflix series “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”. Cowen made her television debut playing Brooklyn in “Red Band Society”. Since then, other series she’s been in include, “Stranger Things” where she played Vicki, “Wisdom of the Crowd” where she played... read full bio
Leonard Ouzts is an actor and comedian. He started his career in stand-up and has been seen on “Gotham Comedy Live”, “Conan”, “Adam Devine’s House Party”, “Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle”, “Joking Off”, “Wild ‘N Out” and “All Def Comedy”. Ouzts has been named a New Face at the Just for Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival and has been featured in... read full bio
Tommy Martinez is an up-and-coming actor. He made his television debut playing Scott in an episode of the Showtime series “Shameless”. Since then, he’s been in an episode of “NCIS: Los Angeles” and has played Malachai in the series “Riverdale”. Most recently, he’s earned the role of Gael Martinez in the series “Good Trouble”. Apart from television, Martinez has played... read full bio
Bryce Hoffman is an American author, speaker, strategic advisor, and consultant. He is President of Red Team Thinking, which is the world’s leading provider of decision support and red teaming for business. Hoffman graduated from San Francisco State University with a major in Anthropology and Philospohy, had a Fellowship in Economics from California State University-East Bay and studied at the... read full bio
Lindsay Angelo is a thinker, speaker, and adviser. She partners with brands and organizations to help with strategy and telling their stories through keynotes on the future of consumerism and innovation. Prior to her work as a speaker and advisor, Angelo worked at lululemon working on their global growth strategy, marketplace opportunities, new concepts, and growing the company to be... read full bio
Noël Kristi Wells is an American actress, comedian, writer, director, and musician. Wells graduated from her high school as a salutatorian and went on to graduated from University of Texas at Austin with degrees in Plan II Honors and Radio-Television-Film. During her time in college she was a cast member of Esther’s Follies and also spent some of her time... read full bio
Jess Salguerio is a Canadian actress from Winnipeg, Canada. She has studied at Randolph Academy for Performing Arts in Toronto and has gone on to act in numerous theatre productions around Canada. Salguerio is best known for playing Nurse Cabrera in the series “Saving Hope” and for playing the Nanny in the series “Workin’ Moms”. Salguerio made her film debut... read full bio
Graeme Thomas King is an actor who is best known for playing Jeremy Beckett in the television series “Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists”. King studied under Suzanne Esper where he studied the Meisner at The William Esper Studio in New York. He made his acting debut in an unaccredited role in the film “Florence Foster Jenkins”. Since then, he has... read full bio
Summer Fontana is an actress best known for playing Hope in the CW television series “The Originals”. She has also most recently portrayed a young Jean Grey in the X-Men film “Dark Phoenix”. Fontana’s other film credits include, “Basic Witches”, “Karmin’s Selfie”, and “Office Christmas Party”. She has also been in an episode of the series “The Seers”. Fontana has... read full bio
Zoe Margaret Colletti is a young up-and-coming actress who is best known for playing Tessie in the film “Annie”. Colletti made her acting debut playing Emma Wilson in the television movie “American Men”. Since then, she has played Sophie Young in series “Rubicon” and Benedetta in series “City on a Hill”. Some of her other television credits include, “Past Life”... read full bio
