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Nnedi Okorafor

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Nobel Prize-Winning Novelist, Screenwriter & Musician; Known for "The Remains of the Day" & "Never Let Me Go"

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Kristin Hannah

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Jamie Metzl

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Tyler Oakley

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Sylvia Acevedo

Engineer, Rocket Scientist & Technology Leader; Inspirational Speaker; Corporate Director at Qualcomm; Former CEO of Girl Scouts USA

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Brent Gleeson

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Olaf Groth

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Nicole Walters

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Janet Mock

Author, Feminist, Transgender Rights Activist, TV Host & Founder of #GirlsLikeUs

David Heath

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Allen Iverson

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Brandi Chastain

Defender on the U.S. Women's 1999 World Cup Champion Soccer Team

John Daly

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Ruha Benjamin

Sociology & African American Studies Scholar; Author of "People's Science" and "Race After Technology"

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