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World Woman Foundation Launched The #LEADhER Book At Davos
EADhERS Book features 60 powerful LEADhERS x 60 powerful LEADhERSHIP Tools to empower young girls to lead change Davos, January 22, 2023 –World Woman Foundation launched the #LEADhER Book
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Dr. Ngozi: Shaping The Future Of Inclusive Global Trade & Tackling Protectionism
In a world defined by trade tensions, climate crises, and digital transformation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first African and female Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is reshaping global
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Carolina Müller-Möhl: The Powerhouse Investor and Philanthropist Driving Equality In A Bold New Way
Honored As The World Woman Hero of 2025 On The Sidelines Of World Economic Forum Carolina Müller-Möhl has never been one to wait for change—she makes it happen. As
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World Woman Foundation Announces LILYSILK as Sustainable Fashion Partner
The World Woman Foundation proudly announces LILYSILK, a leading silk brand, as its new sustainable fashion partner. This collaboration aims to promote sustainability and empower women in North America and
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Breaking the Silence on Menopause: A Call to Action
Menopause, once a hushed topic, is now stepping into the spotlight. Each year, 2 million women in the United States enter menopause, a natural life stage affecting a significant portion
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Power of Sound in Global Activism
In an era where technology, art, and activism intersect, the profound impact of sound on our lives and societies has never been more apparent. The possibilities are boundless, from immersive
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The Power of Women in Politics: Prime Minister Helen Clark On Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges
In the ever-changing realm of gender equality, the role of women in politics emerges as a focal point for discussion and action. As we progress through the 21st century, women’s
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Women Harnessing Global Cooperation In An Interconnected World
In an era characterized by unprecedented interconnectedness and collaboration, the necessity of global cooperation to confront our most formidable challenges has never been more apparent. At the forefront of this
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Allyship and Diversity: Catalysts for Innovation and Sustainable Development in Tech
In the realm of technology, fostering diversity and inclusion is not just a moral imperative but also a strategic necessity for driving innovation and achieving sustainable development goals. The panel
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Visionary Media Executive Lalita Taylor Joins World Woman Foundation’s Advisory Council for the UK Region
The World Woman Foundation proudly welcomes Lalita Taylor, a prominent figure in the media industry, to its esteemed Advisory Council for the UK Region. With an illustrious career spanning over
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Global Voice Honoree Bharat Lal On India’s Equality Moonshot Vision and Global Prosperity
In a compelling exploration of India’s journey towards equality and national prosperity, Bharat Lal, the distinguished Human Rights Advocate, stands as a guiding force. His visionary perspective and dedicated advocacy
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AI Questions All Women Need to Ask…And Answer
Moonshots embody a duality: teeming with optimistic potential yet fraught with uncertainties on how they might unfold. It’s the blend of curiosity and hope that ignites our capabilities, propelling us
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Sarah Hassaine: Redefining Inclusion in the Digital Health Industry
In a world that’s increasingly recognizing the importance of diversity and inclusion, the remarkable journey of Sarah Hassaine serves as an inspiring tale of advocacy and empowerment. As the Head
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Paula Sylvia: Pioneering Aquaculture and Blue Technology For A Sustainable Future
The global demand for “blue foods,” those derived from aquatic sources, is projected to double by 2050, reflecting a growing need for nutritious and environmentally conscious sustenance. As our world
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Zabrina Johal: A Journey of Resilience, Leadership, and Learning
In a world often characterized by conformity, Zabrina Johal’s extraordinary life story stands as a shining beacon of resilience, leadership, and learning. Growing up in Montana, a place far removed
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World Woman Hero Karla Welch: Unstoppable Force Behind The Period Company and Women’s Rights Advocacy
World Woman Hero Karla Welch is an inspiration for her commitment to improving menstrual health and fighting period poverty through THE PERIOD.COMPANY is commendable. With her company, she has created
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Diane Warren Named World Woman Hero 2023 for Her Exceptional Philanthropy and Music Legacy
Diane Warren has achieved incredible success in the music industry, earning numerous accolades for her exceptional songwriting and publishing work. Her success is a testament to her tenacity and perseverance,
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Gilda Garza “The Mexico’s most influential celebrity artist in joins World Woman Foundation Advisory Council
According to Forbes, Gilda Garza is a celebrity-favorite artist known as “The most influential artist in Mexico,” joining the World Woman Foundation Advisory Council Board Member is committed to driving awareness
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World Woman Hero Ghada Oueiss: A fierce advocate for change and justice for women in Middle East
World Woman Foundation is delighted to announce Ghada Oueiss, Broadcast journalist, Al Jazeera as the World Woman Hero honoree for 2023 during World Economic Forum week. The award ceremony was
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World Woman Honoree Fatma Al-Nuaimi: Leading the new era of equality in Middle East
World Woman Foundation is delighted to announce Fatma Al-Nuaimi, Communications Executive Director, Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, Qatar, as the World Woman honoree for 2023 during World Economic Forum
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World Woman Hero Federica Marchionni: A Fierce Advocate Of A Sustainable Planet
World Woman Foundation is delighted to announce Federica Marchionni, CEO, Global Fashion Agenda as the World Woman Hero honoree for 2023 during World Economic Forum week. The award ceremony was
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World Woman Hero Nicola Mendelsohn: Empowering 1.5 Million Women In The Creative Economy
World Woman Foundation is delighted to announce Nicola Mendelsohn as the World Woman Hero honoree for 2023 during World Economic Forum week. The award ceremony was held at Hard Rock International
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Geralyn Ritter, A Champion For Women’s Health & World Woman Hero Of The Year
World Woman Foundation is delighted to announce Geralyn Ritter, Executive Vice President of External Affairs & ESG of Organon as the World Woman Hero honoree for 2023 during World Economic
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Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand: World Woman Hero Of The Year
Honoring Women Leading The New Era Of Equality At World Woman Davos Agenda. World Woman Foundation is delighted to announce Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand as the
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Yvette Gonzalez, a humanitarian, bioastronautics researcher, and spacesuit technician helping teenage girls develop careers in STEM
Yvette Gonzalez is a humanitarian, bioastronautics researcher, and spacesuit technician. After a successful humanitarian career, responding to disasters all over the world, she transitioned into the space industry. She founded
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I hope that I remain a catalyst, because it is my blessing and my privilege to have access to information and education.” Yvette Gonzalez
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Technology has a rippling effect on our economy, society, and community.- Shaloo Garg
Shaloo Garg is a champion of innovation and technology and is the Managing Director at Microsoft’s Late Stage Startups and Unicorns program. She is passionate about technology’s power to effect
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Having an adventure can change your life because it can change your perspective on things. Allison Levine
Allison Levine is an adventurer, a mountaineer, a Polar explorer, and a New York Times bestselling author. She is passionate about teaching the world about leadership. She encourages people to
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Astronaut Christina Koch talks about living in space —and how to live more fully here on Earth
Although the early years of space travel were limited to men, 70 women thus far have flown missions to outer space. One who stands out among them is U.S. astronaut
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Entrepreneur Tiffany Whitlow aims to improve medical care for people of all ethnicities
Tiffany Whitlow utilized her personal experiences to co-found a startup company that is filling a crucial gap in health care, Acclinate. Acclinate is improving health equity through inclusive clinical research.
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Michelle McMurry-Heath, leader of a major biotech group, shares insights on women and science.
World Woman Hour honors Michelle McMurry-Heath for her leadership in the life sciences and for promoting women’s roles in those sciences. Michelle is President and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation
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Petita Ayarza stands up for women’s rights and indigenous rights in Panama’s National Assembly
World Woman Hour, together with Organon, honors Petita Ayarza as a multicultural leader of change in the nation of Panama. In addition to being among the growing number of female
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Nikki DeAngelis leads the development of novel cancer treatments and the next generation of women scientists.
Nikki DeAngelis serves as an inspirational leader in several ways: by her leadership in cancer research and development (R&D) , by her work in helping other women to succeed, and
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Medical researcher Dr. Macaya Douoguih is a global leader in vaccine development.
Dr. Macaya Douoguih has dedicated her life to saving lives through preventive medicine. In a remarkable career that spans several continents—and is still very much in progress—she has played key
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Nigerian change-maker Damilola Ogunbiyi leads UN-backed global group Sustainable Energy for All
World Woman Hour recognizes an extraordinary woman for leading global change in a vital issue area. Damilola Ogunbiyi is the CEO of Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), an action group
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Divya Kaur is an emerging young leader in an important new field: data.
Women who are leading change today don’t always have high-ranking positions … not yet, anyway. Some are young leaders who bring drive, resourcefulness, and forward-looking approaches to their work in
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Dr. Anne Connolly is a trailblazer for women’s health care in inner-city areas
Even in highly developed countries, big cities have districts where “poorer” people live—but to simply describe them as such is to oversimplify the case. People in these neighborhoods face a
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Dr. Nathalie Massin, expert in reproductive health, leads advances in fertility treatment and information
World Woman Hour, in partnership with Organon, honors a woman who leads research, medical practice, and public awareness in the field of reproductive health and medicine. Dr. Nathalie Massin says
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In women’s health, Dr. Maas gets to the heart of the matter: gender-specific care for women’s hearts.
World Woman Hour in collaboration with Organon, honors a trailblazer in a critical area of women’s health. Your heart is the organ that keeps the rest of you going, ideally
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Sylvia Thun, digital medicine expert, works with big data to make a big difference in health care
Sylvia Thun grew up in Germany at a time when personal computers were new. When she was 11, her father gave her one, which proved so fascinating that she eventually
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Prof.Dr Marleen Temmerman leads the change for women’s health and rights across different continents and on many fronts.
Marleen Temmerman is honored by World Woman Hour, in collaboration with Organon, for her lifetime of leadership across many areas of women’s health. It is rare to see anyone in
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On recovering from trauma: “Let yourself feel grief. But you’ve also got to find something good in the situation.” — Geralyn Ritter
World Woman Hour honors Geralyn Ritter for leading change in a unique combination of ways. She is the author of Bone by Bone: A Memoir of Healing, an upcoming book
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Nadia Sanchez works to improve the lives of women and girls in distressed areas of Colombia and nearby.
World Woman Hour in collaboration with Organon honors Nadia Sanchez for leading a movement to empower women and girls who live in very difficult environments. Nadia is the founder and
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Investigative reporter Karla Iberia Sanchez focuses on women’s health issues; calls them ‘mirrors of inequality in society
Investigative reporters can trigger social change by showing us how our societies work, and by discovering and pointing out what doesn’t work. Courageous women in this role have ranged from
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Could an enzyme inside cells help us treat cancer and also slow down aging? Dr. Maria Blasco is a research leader.
World Woman Hour in collaboration with Organon honors Maria Blasco for the leadership qualities that have won her wide recognition in the bioscience community. She is Director of Spain’s National
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Engineering for sustainability and working for women in tech: how Sophie Borgne does it.
World Woman Hour honors a female executive who says she has learned to lead in her own way, and who actually leads in multiple ways. Sophie Borgne manages a high-tech
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How women in tech make a difference: leading high-tech work to bring sustainable energy online across the U.S
Schneider Electric honoree Bhavani Amirthalingam works at Ameren, an energy company that provides electricity and natural gas to large areas of the central United States. Bhavani stands out as a
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Helene Gayle’s story: why a medical doctor now leads efforts to close the wealth & income gap
World Woman Hour in collaboration with Organon salutes Helene Gayle for her amazing career of leadership in government agencies and nonprofits—during which, she has become a leading advocate for a
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Prof.Dr Marleen Temmerman leads the change for women’s health and rights across different continents and on many fronts.
Marleen Temmerman is honored by World Woman Hour, in collaboration with Organon, for her lifetime of leadership across many areas of women’s health. It is rare to see anyone in
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Women can do anything. Even finding the cure for rare diseases. I see no limitations- Dr. Brenda Cooperstone
Brenda Cooperstone is a trailblazer in medical research. After starting out as a practicing physician, she made a bold career move and joined the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, where she now
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Sustainable energy in southern Africa: Schneider Electric woman leads programs to make it a reality
This young woman made a challenging career change. Now she’s making a fundamental, tangible difference in the lives of less advantaged people in Anglophone Africa. For these achievements, World Woman
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Student competition winner heads sustainable energy project for remote fishing village with no previous electricity
One of our youngest World Woman Hour honorees is leading change in multiple ways despite just being in her early 20s. Angie Redondo Herrera’s story began in the city of
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The New Era of Global Diplomacy – It’s Up to Us! #RedefiningRules for Women in Diplomacy
Early October 2019, I sit down with an Ambassador who, in an earlier life, has been a high school Principal in his home country. At the meeting is a young,
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On recovering from trauma: “Let yourself feel grief. But you’ve also got to find something good in the situation.” — Geralyn Ritter
World Woman Hour honors Geralyn Ritter for leading change in a unique combination of ways. She is the author of Bone by Bone: A Memoir of Healing, an upcoming book
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Sandrine Bender and Alizée Gottardo inventor of Meyko for children with Asthma
Meyko was born out of the meeting of minds between Sandrine Bender and Alizée Gottardo during a training program on the Internet of Things, aimed at making engineers and designers collaborate. The enthusiasm that grew throughout
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Women are Disrupting Traditional Brands One Post at a Time
In my 30-plus years of marketing, I’ve seen an evolutionary shift in how brands are offered, advertised and supplied to consumers driven largely by the rise of the internet and
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Are Women to Blame for Gender Inequality?
In 2018, I was fired from my prestigious job at an advertising agency for becoming a mother. The experience shocked me. I had hoped to become a leader in my
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“WomenInnovaWorld” World Wide Platform for Innovation by Women
I came to Silicon Valley in 2009 as an expat for a global, world-leading communication company – Ericsson. It was an exciting experience arriving from Swedish culture to Silicon
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Making Bold Choices: How women in data are growing their careers and nurturing new talent
“When you’ve reached the top, send the elevator back down.” It’s a phrase we hear a lot when it comes to achieving career success and helping others. It sounds idealistic,
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Women Leaders Should Create Pink Oceans™ – Not Compete in Gray Markets
We are familiar with the concept of a “blue ocean” strategy developed by the famed book of that title written by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne. It is the
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Type 2 Diabetes is Reversible
We are living amidst an unprecedented epidemic that is impacting families regardless of race, economic status, education or address — the epidemic of Type 2 Diabetes. According to a study
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Women Leading State, Nation to Healthier Future
Young women, whether elementary or high school students in summer programs or health professions students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will find that health care is
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Why we cannot do without women on the Frontlines of Public Health
In order for global health programs to achieve equity, they must represent all of society. Women need to be represented in strategic decision-making processes and in program implementation, to ensure
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Investing in Women is Key to Ending Global Hunger and Poverty
The Copperbelt region in the north of Zambia is known for one thing – mining. So, when a group of women from the area declared that they wanted to farm,
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Women Feeding the Future. It will take brains, not brawn, to feed the future
Ask a consumer at the grocery store who they think is responsible for producing the food on the shelves, and the common answer is: a white man in his 50s.
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Harnessing the Power of Agriculture to Heal Our Planet
When do you think the computer age began? Many would say the 80s and 90s when personal computers and at-home internet took off. Others would point to the birth of
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Purposeful Philanthropy Must Empower Through Mentorship
Author: Dr. Joynicole Martinez, Director, Research & Development, World Woman Foundation The long-term growth and economic success of societies is directly linked to the rate of entrepreneurship within its boundaries,
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Glocal Agents of Change: Role of Businesses Beyond Profits
As the world becomes increasingly divided—with the rise of political and economic tribalism, and the proliferation of nationalist, populist governments—there is a troubling gap in progress on critical areas for
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Dangerous Times Call For Dangerous Women
We are living in dangerous times with rollbacks on rights and freedoms worldwide. In these dangerous times, there is an opportunity for women to step up to these challenges. I
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From the Ground Up
Pascale Setbon moved to the United States from France eighteen years ago with one of her children and the hope that she would remain connected to his French culture. She knew
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The Art of the Pivot
Forces beyond our control can take away everything we possess except one thing, our freedom to choose how we will respond. While it is true that we can never fully
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Ingrid Vanderveldt plans to empower women and back them with cash
After announcing her global venture to support female entrepreneurs, Ingrid Vanderveldt has rolled out a business foundation. The former Dell Inc. entrepreneur-in-residence said Empowering a Billion Women by 2020 features a so-called “business in
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Celebrity Artist Gilda Garza and Woman Foundation Join Forces to Empower One Million Women By 2030
Queen Kamala Harris by Celebrity Artist Gilda Garza sold for $80,000 to support women and girls around the world Gilda Garza in partnership with the World Woman Foundation released a limited
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Bayou Bennett on Dual Role as Wife and Partner in Production Company Dolce Films
With the motto “Let our dream manifest your dream” serving as its fuel, production company Dolce Films has a successful track record of working with leading figures ranging from artists
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LIONS Members across the world to come together to create a progress-driving creative campaign for the World Woman Foundation
LIONS launches new initiative – The Brief – calling on global creative community to use their collective talent for good The Brief invites LIONS Members across the world to come
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Julie Leleu, Co-Founder, Catspad: Revolutionising the Pet Industry
Catspad is the brainchild of two high school friends, Julie Leleu and Brice Cavelier. They were on vacation when Julie’s cat, Mozart became sick. Julie, co-founder and CEO stated “Mozart means the world to
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Making the World More Accepting One Magazine Cover At A Time. Valentina Sampaio
“I know who I am. I know I am Valentina. I have learned to fight for myself, and I have to find this strength to be who I am. I
