Stella Meghie

Director & Screenwriter; Best Known for "Jean of the Joneses" and " Everything, Everything"

Rachel Chavkin

Tony Award-Nominated Stage Director; Best Known for "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812"

Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Director, Writer & Producer; Best Known for the Documentary "Blackfish"

Michelle MacLaren

Director & Producer; Best Known for "Breaking Bad"

Diane Guerrero

Immigration Reform Activist & Actress Known for "Orange is the New Black" & "Jane The Virgin"

Julie Dash

Director & Writer Known for "Daughters of the Dust"; First Black Woman to Direct A Full-Length General Theatrical Release Film in the U.S.

Viola Davis

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer & New York Times Best-Selling Author

Viola Davis on Speaking Up, Challenging Stereotypes

Marielle Heller

Writer, Actor & Director Known for "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" and "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood"

Jameela Jamil

Actress, Outspoken Feminist, Mental Health & Body Positivity Advocate

Cathy Yan

Filmmaker & Director of "Birds Of Prey;" First Asian Woman to Direct a U.S. Superhero Film

Ann Dowd

Award-Winning Actress Known for "The Handmaid's Tale" & "Mass"

Ann Dowd On How Linda Takes Steps Forward in Mass

Jennifer Kent

Actress, Writer & Director; Best Known for "The Babadook"

Patty Jenkins

Film Director & Screenwriter Known for Directing "Wonder Woman"

Tammi Fuller

Camp Director/TV Producer; Campowerment

Gina Rodriguez

Award-Winning Actress, Producer, Director, Model & Humanitarian

Issa Rae

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "Awkward Black Girl"

Joyce Maynard

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

What cancer taught me about the nature of love | Joyce Maynard | TEDx

Rita Moreno

Award-Winning Actress, Dancer, Singer; Health Advocate & New York Times Bestselling Author

Eimear Noone

Film & Video Game Composer; First Woman to Conduct the Academy Awards

Ola Ray

Model, Actress, Author, Singer & Dancer

Zazie Beetz

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

Madeline Nelson

U.S. Head of Independent Label Relations at Amazon; Founder & CEO of Heads Music

Gillian Robespierre

DIrector & Writer; Best Known for "Obvious Child"

Hannah Beachler

Academy Award-Winning Production Designer Known for Beyonce's "Lemonade" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Director & Storyboard Artist; Best Known for "Kung Fu Panda 2"

Lucia Aniello

Director, Writer and Producer best known for her work on Comedy Central’s, Broad City

Emma Watts

Former President of Paramount Pictures; Former 20th Century Fox Vice Chairman & President of Production

Ava DuVernay

Academy Award-Nominated Director & Producer Known for "Selma," "13th" & "When They See Us"

How Film Changes the Way We See the World | Ava DuVernay | TED

Lana Wachowski

Director and Human Rights Activist, First Major Hollywood Director to Come Out as Transgender

Janet Mock

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