From the archive
Being born a queen isn't a choice. Owning it, is.
In December 2019, I AM WOMAN brought eight dynamic women to the stage of the first ever Mother's Ball at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York (December 14 and 15, 2019). The panelists talked about how technology has changed their industries and how they defied the odds as pacesetters in male-dominated fields.
13-time national business elevator pitch champion, featured on Season 8 of ABC's "Shark Tank," CNN, MSNBC and the Wall Street Journal. Serial entrepreneur, international speaker and coach. Graduate of Spelman College and Rutgers School of Law.
Best known as Thelma Evans, the original "It" girl of the groundbreaking sitcom "Good Times." Actress and author working to help young people break the cycle of low self-esteem and unhealthy relationships.
Strategic communications expert who has led work for blue-chip B2B and B2C brands across healthcare, technology, energy and financial services, and now consults for finance, tech and professional services firms.
Project Runway Season 11 finalist and designer of her eponymous womenswear label, blending New York City with her native Brazilian culture to dress the woman who owns every role she plays.
Founder and CEO of AmarisWorks, a Brooklyn communications and marketing agency, and former senior executive at Edelman who led diversity and inclusion programs for Microsoft, Starbucks, Toyota and the American Heart Association. Magna cum laude graduate of Howard University.
Pratt Institute game design graduate, coder and developer whose 3D animated short "Doompy: Breath of the Forest" screened at the 2018 Citizen Jane Film Festival.
OB/GYN, owner of Central Park Medical Practice and founder of the nonprofit CPMP Angels, honored as Woman of the Year (2018) and Nonprofit of the Year (2019) by the International Association of Top Professionals.
Artist in residence at Jump into the Light on the Lower East Side, painting in virtual reality after more than twenty years working in oil on linen. Her work has shown at the Honolulu Museum of Art and the Toledo Museum of Art.
