Alexi Lalas is an American retired soccer player who has played as defender and is known for playing with the United States men’s national soccer team in the FIFA World Cup. Lalas was born in Birmingham, Michigan, and he began playing soccer when he was 11 years old. During his high school years, he was named the Michigan High School... read full bio
Andrew Bastawrous is a eye surgeon and CEO and inventor of Peek Vision, a social impact organization that uses smartphone technology to increase access to eye care in underprivileged countries. His company also released the vision app, Peek Acuity, and it has been voted “best social-impact start-up in Europe” by Google and McKinsey. Bastawrous has earned his BSc and MBChB... read full bio
Abigail Posner is the direct in BrandUnit at Google and is a strategy and tech expert, speaker, blogger and podcaster, and author. Posner has previously earned her B.A. in Social Anthropology where she graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University. She began her career working as an analyst for Mercer Management Consulting and since then, has gone on to be... read full bio
Arizona Zervas, also known as AZ, is an American rapper, singer, and composer, whose music is a mixture of hip-hop, R&B, emo rap, and trap. Zervas was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and he began his career making songs in high school, which led to him releasing his debut single, “Don’t Hit My Line.” From there, he went on to... read full bio
Annette O’Toole is an American actress, dancer, singer, and songwriter, who is best known for playing Lisa in the television series “Nash Bridges,” Lana Lang in the film “Superman III,” Martha Kent on the series “Smallville,” and Hope on the Netflix original series, “Virgin River.” O’Toole was born in Houston, Texas, and she began learning how to dance at only... read full bio
Alexandra Breckenridge is an American actress who is best known for playing Jessie Anderson in the television series “The Walking Dead,” Sophie in the television series “This Is Us,” Moira and Kaylee in two different seasons of “American Horror Story,” and Mel in the Netflix original series, “Virgin River.” Breckenridge was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and she found a love... read full bio
Justin Andrew Honard, better known as the stage name Alaska Thunderfuck 5000, or just Alaska, is an American drag performer and musician who has previously been the runner-up winner for the 5th season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” and has been the winner of the second season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.” Alaska was raised in Erie, Pennsylvania and studied... read full bio
Adrian Bradshaw is a former British Army officer who has served as the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, has previously served as Director Special Forces, and Commander Land Forces. Bradshaw has previously studied at Bloxham School, then went on to earn his BSc from the University of Reading, and his MA in International Relations and MSc in Defence Studies from... read full bio
Andres Tapia is a senior partner for Korn Ferry Leadership and Talent Consulting, a best-selling author, and a leading expert on diversity and workforce issues. Through his work with Korn Ferry, Tapia has also been the Global Solutions Leader for Workforce Performance, Inclusion and Diversity Practice. Tapia has previously earned his B.A. in History from Northwestern University and he went... read full bio
Antonio Damasio is a Portuguese-American neuroscientist who is the David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience and the Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology at the University of Southern California as well as an adjunct professor at Salk Institute. Damasio was born in Lisbon, Portugal, and he began studying medicine at the University of Lisbon Medical School where he went on to... read full bio
Alexandria Villasenor is an American climate activist who is a follower of the Fridays for Future movement and is the co-founder of US Youth Climate Strike and founder of Earth Uprising. Villasenor was born in Davis, California, and has since moved to New York. Villasenor first gained attention for her work in activism after she was found caught in a... read full bio
Ayo Edebiri is an American comedian, writer, producer, and actress, who rose to fame through Comedy Central’s “Up Next.” Edebiri was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and was raised in a religious household. She found her love for comedy while in middle school in her drama class and went on to join her school’s improv club. Edebiri went on to earn... read full bio
Angus Stone is an Australian folk singer-songwriter, record producer, and engineer who is best known for his rise to fame performing as one-half of the duo Angus and Julia Stone. Stone, who is also known as Dope Lemon or Lady of the Sunshine, was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and he found his love of music through his parents,... read full bio
Alice Chater is a British singer-songwriter and dancer from Margate, England. Chater began her career studying at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London and then began releasing covers of various popular songs through her social media pages. This led her to begin earning local attention and she then earned a recording contract with Virgin EMI Records. Some... read full bio
Alesha Dixon is an English singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer, and television personality who rose to fame as a member of the all-female trio, Mis-Teeq, alongside Sabrina Washington and Su-Elise Nash. Dixon was born in Welwyn Garden City, Herfordshire, England, and she began her musical career as one-third of Mis-Teeq. Through her work with Mis-Teeq, Dixon released two studio albums, “Lickin’ on... read full bio
Aaron Bruno is an American singer-songwriter and musician who is best known for being the founder, lead singer, and last original remaining member of the American rock band, Awolnation. Apart from his work with Awolnation, Bruno has also been a former member of the post-grunge band, Home Town Hero, and a former member of Under the Influence of Giants, and... read full bio
Antonia Gentry is an up-and-coming actress from Atlanta, Georgia, who has recently made her breakthrough playing Ginny Miller in the Netflix original series “Ginny and Georgia.” While growing up, Gentry always had a passion for acting and knew she wanted to pursue an acting career after watching the film “The Pianist” and “Pan’s Labyrinth.” While Gentry was studying in middle... read full bio
Arlo Parks is a British singer-songwriter and poet who has recently gained attention after the release of her debut studio album, “Collapsed in Sunbeams.” Parks was born in Hammersmith, London, England, and was born to a French mother which led her to learn to speak French before English. Parks went on to begin her career playing her demos to BBC... read full bio
Austin Snell, who was born and raised in Dudley, Georgia, is a name that may be unfamiliar to many, but he's had admirers since long before he arrived in Nashville. Austin spent his final $400 on a guitar before joining the Air Force straight out of high school and using it to express himself. Playing covers and using common phrases... read full bio
Patty Walters and Ronald Ish's international pop-rock group As It Is made a splash with the singles Okay and Never Happy, Ever After. The Great Depression, a concept film, was what they brought back. The band released the tracks as a series of four EPs after reimagining the entire album in a brave and ambitious manner. With their fourth album,... read full bio
