MODEL AND ENTREPRENEUR, KODE WITH KLOSSY Fashion model Karlie Kloss was first approached by talent scouts at the age of 13 in a shopping...

TELEVISION PRODUCER AND PRESIDENT, HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS Sheila Nevins, president of HBO documentary films, was born in New York and...

ROUND THE WORLD SAILOR Tracy Edwards skippered the first all-women crew to compete in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race in 1989....

NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST Yeonmi Park is a human rights activist. She was born in the North Korean city of Hyesan, close to the...

WRITER, ACTOR AND YOUTUBE STAR Franchesca Ramsey is a writer, actor and video blogger, based in New York. She has two YouTube channels –...

PHOTOGRAPHERS OF AFRICAN RITUALS AND CEREMONIES Carol Beckwith, American, and Angela Fisher, Australian, met in Kenya in 1979 and have...

DIRECTOR, SAINT MONICA GIRLS’ TAILORING SCHOOL Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe is a Ugandan nun who has dedicated her life to helping women who...

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER AND FOUNDER, ADAFRUIT Engineer Limor Fried is the founder of do-it-yourself electronics company Adafruit. Limor began...

CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, CNN, AND HOST OF AMANPOUR Christiane Amanpour is chief international correspondent for CNN and, since...