2023 Speakers
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Elie Honig
CNN senior legal analyst, former prosecutor
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Thomas Turcich
Adventurer, photographer, writer, dog-lover
Why Constraints Drive Growth
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Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell
Physician, Medical Director, Advocate and Mom
Do No Harm
Essence Carson
Rutgers Alumni, WNBA Champion/All-Star, Philanthropist, Music Professional, Speaker
No Man is an Island
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Hal Stern
Tech leader, coach, bassist
Organizations and Anxiety
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Michael Quinn
Rutgers Student
Unmasking Addiction
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Celin Hidalgo
Rutgers Student, Latina, Astrophysicist, Cuban
Still Untitled—The search for our true identity
2022 Speakers
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Lisa S Kaplowitz
Finance Professor & Gender Advocate
Advancing Women by Redistributing the Housework, One Son at a Time
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Camilla Townsend
Professor at Rutgers University
The Aztecs: We Should Change Our Minds About the World’s Villains
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Hakki Akdeniz
Philanthropist & Business Owner
Homeless But Not Hopeless
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Kaila Boulware Sykes & Raymond Sykes
Non-Profit Co-Founders, Artists & Community Builders
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Eesha Vijayakumar
Rutgers Student | Aspiring Equitable Physician
The Power of Solitude: How Being Alone Can Help Us Find Happiness
Rohini Deivasigamani
Rutgers Student
Finding Resilience
2021 Speakers
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Anik Khan
Artist & Entrepreneur
Finding Your Mustard Oil
Bastian Purrer
Non-profit Founder & Privacy Advocate
Fighting Fake News at its Source
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Brent Leggs
Executive Director of AACHAF
Building a True National Identity by Saving Black Spaces
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Chhavi Verg
Model, Actress, & Host
The Power of Stories on your Destiny
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Chris Gavaler
Professor at Washington and Lee University
Should Superheroes Stay on their Pedestals?
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Jake Rattigan
Rutgers Student
The Restorative Power of Reframing Resilience
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Linda Sun
Rutgers Student
Billy from Boston - A Quarantined Love Search
2020 Speakers
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Andrew Tjang
CTO & CEO of CognitionIP
The AI Darkroom
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Carl Heer
Rutgers Student
Talk to Strangers It Will Change Your Life
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Christopher Young
Professor of Business Ethics
Fear at Your Own Risk
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Jon Park (aka Dumbfoundead)
Rapper, Actor & Writer
What Battle Rap Taught Me
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Nadia Masri
CEO & Founder of Perksy
Emotional Capital: The New Currency
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Sarah Pomeranz
Rutgers Student
How Not to Ruin the World with Your Good Intentions
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Steve Irby
Photographer & Co-Founder of Street Dreams Magazine
Don't Live to Pay Your Rent
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Vibhuti Arya Amirfar
Social Justice, Equity, Theatre, Education
Dark Room Methodology: Bringing Light to Structural Racism
2019 Speakers
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Brooke Getter
Rutgers Student
Unboxing, Unlabeling, and Just Living
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Alex Louie
Rutgers Student
What Cancer Taught Me About Happiness
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Ronald Quincy
Professor of Practice
Go Tell It on the Mountain: Imaging a Republic of Social Justice
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Yana Bromberg
Professor of Bioinformatics
The Big YOU: Defining “you” on the Microbial Level
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Mason Ameri
Professor of Management Studies
Fear of the Unknown: The Risky Side of First Impressions
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Palak Patel
Chef, Advocate, TV personality, Immigrant
The Power of Community Cooking and Eating Together
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Nandini Ramani
Chief Operating Officer - Outcome Health
Find Your Core Principles, and Hold on Tight
2017 Speakers
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Scott Amyx
Managing Partner at Amyx Ventures
Strive: How Doing the Things Most Uncomfortable Leads to Success
Gia Farooqi
CEO of Roshni Rides + Rutgers Student
Lightening the Load: The Power of Human Connection
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Elisabeth Camp
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Footnotes, Asides, and Talking Under the Table
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Jonathan Fader
NY Giants Sports Psychologist
Win the Game of Life with Sport Psychology
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Luis Fernandez
Rutgers Student
Unpacking Empathy: A Blueprint for Changing the World
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Biju Parekkadan
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering + Biotech Inventor
Translating the language of cells into regenerative medicine
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Daniel Huang
Documentary Photographer
Life Inside a Refugee Camp
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Theresa Menders
Documentary Photographer
Life Inside a Refugee Camp
2016 Speakers
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Liz Wessel
CEO of WayUp
7 Things to do before you graduate college
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Anand Patel
Founder of Hidden Grounds Coffee
Power of Untapped Potential
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Aaron Kheifets
Writer at The Onion
Finding Your Raptor
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Tom Gill
Rutgers 2016 Graduate in Mathematics
Redefining Recovery
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Nouran Shehata
Rutgers 2016 Graduate in Finance
A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words: Storytelling Reimagined
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Dr. Colleen Georges
Professor of Educational Psychology
Rescripting the Stories We Tell Ourselves