Erin Gruwell

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Afdhel Aziz

Founder, Conspiracy of Love, B Corp Consultancy Advising Fortune 500 Companies on Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, Employee Engagement & Impact Innovation; Bestselling Author; Inspiring International AAPI Speaker

Erin Brockovich

Consumer Advocate, Author, TV Host & Environmental Activist

Stephanie Izard

Celebrity Chef, Author, Winner of "Top Chef" Season 4 & Partner of Three Award-Winning Chicago Restaurants

Ruth E. Carter

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

The Art of Ruth E. Carter: Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, from Do the Righ...

Rebecca Sugar

Award-Winning Animator, Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Songwriter; Known as the Creator of "Steven Universe"

Mark Schulman

World-Renowned Drummer, Author, Motivator, Expert in The Secrets of a Rockstar Performance

Billy Blanks

Martial Artist, Actor, Creator of Tae Bo Exercise Programs

Cheryl Burke

Professional Ballroom Dancer, Model, TV Host, Known for "Dancing with the Stars"

Manjusha P. Kulkarni

Executive Director of AAPI Equity Alliance & Co-Founder of Stop AAPI Hate

2022 AAYLC Keynote Speaker Manjusha P. Kulkarni

Danni Washington

TV Host, Science Communicator, Ocean Explorer & Nature Advocate

Reginald Hudlin

Writer, Director and Producer; Known for "Django Unchained" &"House Party"; One Half of Hudlin Brothers Production Company

Karimah Westbrook

Actress, Writer & Producer; Best Known for "All American"

Vico Ortiz

Latine/x Non-Binary Actor & Activist Known for "Our Flag Means Death"

Vico Ortiz on Finding Courage | The Cultura Media

Lorraine Toussaint

Actress, Known for "Orange Is The New Black"

Hannah Einbinder

Stand-up Comedian & Actress Known For "Hacks"

Franklin Leonard

Film Producer, Cultural Commentator, Professor, Activist & Entrepreneur

Octavia Goredema

Award-Winning Author & Career Coach

Larry Rosenstock

Founder & CEO of High Tech High; Former Lecturer at the Harvard School of Education

Dana Gioia

Poet; Former Chairman, National Endowment of the Arts