The Firsts: Here’s Who Is Making History In The 117th Congress

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I am the CEO and founder of Rise, a social movement accelerator. I was nominated for a 2019 Nobel Peace Prize and am the lead of an Emmy nominated documentary “Rise Above.” I penned my own civil rights into existence and unanimously passed the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights, after having to navigate the broken criminal justice system after my own rape. 32 laws protecting more than 82 million sexual violence survivors have been created modeled off of my federal law. The federal law was the 21st bill in modern US history to pass unanimously on the record. In recognition of my work, I am a Heinz Laureate, Nelson Mandela Changemaker, Forbes 30 Under 30, Foreign Policy 100, Time 100, Frederick Douglass 100, and Marie Claire Young Woman of the Year. Previously, I was appointed by President Barack Obama to the United States Department of State as a speechwriter and his Deputy White House Liaison and served at NASA. I graduated from Harvard University with a focus on national security and astrophysics.