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Lydia Denworth is a Brooklyn-based writer who explores the science of how we think, learn and connect. She is a contributing editor for Scientific American and writes the “Brain Waves” blog for Psychology Today.

Patrice P. Jean is co-chair of Hughes Hubbard & Reed’s Life Sciences group. She has over a decade of experience counseling leading and startup companies in all areas of intellectual property law. In particular,

At Princeton, Chiu Hole went from freshman honors Physics to a pre-med major in East Asian Studies.    On campus, she served as Princeton’s first Barefoot Doctor, first female chapel “watchman,” first student “sex ed”

Julia O’Brien began her career working as a social worker in the District of Columbia court system. She attended Georgetown Law School while working and went on to become an estates and trusts lawyer

Vanessa de la Torre is a journalist at WNPR in Hartford, Conn., covering race, identity and culture for the public radio collaborative “Sharing America.” Previously, she was a newspaper reporter for 11 years at

Pyper Davis is the executive director of Educare DC, a nationally accredited, early childhood education program that directly serves 160 children and their families. Educare DC is part of the 23-school Educare Learning Network

Barbara Calanog Fortunato has taught physics at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South in Princeton Junction, NJ since 2007. Fortunato has dedicated herself to not only teaching her subject matter effectively, but also to developing

Elizabeth M. Ramey was one of the founding volunteers of Indivisible, a grassroots progressive organization with over 6,000 local groups across the country, and now serves as its Human Resources and Operations Director. Previously,

Emma Bloomberg is the founder and CEO of Murmuration, a political nonprofit developing shared political infrastructure and coordinated support for political change to massively improve outcomes for all U.S. children. Prior to launching Murmuration

Isobel Coleman is an author, entrepreneur and diplomat who served as one of the US ambassadors to the UN from 2014-2017. She is currently the COO of GiveDirectly, a New York based nonprofit helping