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Ladies who are redefining the world

Get a dose of girl power from our multi-talented IAGT FAM who are leading the way for girls everywhere.

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Kareema Barry

A cheery, bubbly and charismatic personality, Kareema is the star of the show, wherever she goes. Surprisingly, quite the debating champion, Kareema is known to produce overdramatic (but also true) takes on slice-of-life moments. The millennial comic found stardom through TikTok and more recently, through Instagram. She reiterates the true worth of women and addresses mental health. Creatively expressing her opinions on serious problems, she has a charming way of lifting our mood.

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Karen

Here is a condensed bio: Karen David began her career on London’s West End, in the original cast of Mamma Mia! Upon her drama school graduation stint at the Globe, as Rosaline in Love’s Labour’s Lost. She went on to star in new dramatist plays at Stratford Royal East, the Hammersmith Lyric Theatre and in the U.S, worked with director, Kimberly Senior, and Pulitzer Prize winning dramatist, Ayad Akhtar, on his play, The Who and the What, for La Jolla Playhouse. Shortly after graduating drama college, in between acting on stage, she signed a recording deal with music giant, BMG, and a publishing deal with Hit & Run/EMI music. She went on to achieve top 4 airplay hits in Europe from her album, and has collaborated and worked with Oscar winning composer, AR Rahman, (Slumdog Millionaire). In tv and film, she is currently a series regular as Grace on AMC’s Fear The Walking Dead, and has been a series regular as Isabella on ABC’s Galavant. Karen has been a recurring guest star on many TV shows, including most recently, CW’s Legacies, ABC’s The Rookie, the award winning, reunion series of ITV’s Cold Feet, HBO’s Barry, ABC’s Once Upon A Time as Jasmine, and CBS’s Criminal Minds to name a few. In the animation world, Karen is currently voicing the roles of Ashima, Shilpa and Ruby on Disney’s hit show, Mira, Royal Detective. Recently, Karen co-produced her first short film and acted in “In Hollywoodland” which was selected for competition screenings in Geena Davis’, Bentonville Film Festival, American Black Film Festival, Social Injustice Film Festival, Catalina Film Festival and Hollyshorts to begin with, and is continuing on the film festival circuit this year. Her other films include film festival and audience cinema award favorite, The Tiger Hunter, opposite Danny Pudi, Netflix’s Amar, Akbar & Tony, Bollywood Queen, with James McAvoy, Batman Begins, The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior, Couples Retreat, Red Lights and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. 

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Kiana Valenciano

She is a multi-faceted artist, carving her own niche in entertainment locally and across the globe as an award-winning singer-songwriter. Music will always be Kiana’s first love and medium of choice to express herself.

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Kiara Nirghin

Kiara Nirghin is a 20-year-old scientist, innovator and speaker. At 16, Kiara won the grand prize at the Google Science Fair and the Community Impact Award with her solution to the worldwide drought. She has been featured by both The Times and The Guardian on their top 30 most influential teens lists and invited by Forbes and TED to speak about her work. More recently, Kiara was named one of the United Nations Young Champions of the Earth and one of the fifty most inspiring women in technology. You’ll want to keep your eyes on this unstoppable young lady!

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Kirti Poonia

Kirti is the CEO of Okhai, over the last 6 years she built one of India’s largest Apparel & Lifestyle Marketplace for rural artisans to directly sell to customers  www.Okhai.org, she scaled from 350 to 27,000 artisans and 10x in Revenue. A part of TAS (Tata Administrative Services) Kirti has worked across 6 Tata Companies across functions and geographies.This year Kirti won the Business World Women Entrepreneurship Award – 2021 for her Impact at Okhai. Kirti has also been acknowledged by Niti Aayog as the Top 100 women transforming India 

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Kusha Kapila

A popular internet sensation, Kusha Kapila has done her bachelor’s degree in fashion technology. She had worked for the online portal iDIVA as a content writer and later came up with a series of hilariously relatable sketches. Most known for her fictional character Billi Maasi, Kusha also appeared in TV series such as Back Benchers, Son of Abish, and Kitchen, Khanna and Konversations. Not only has she worked with industry bigwigs such as Sonam Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Kareena Kapoor Khan, she also bagged her Bollywood debut in Karan Johar’s Ghost Stories. Her purpose is simple, create content and entertain her audience.

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Leeza Mangaldas

Leeza Mangaldas is an Indian digital content creator who creates sex positive content on YouTube and Instagram. Her videos cover topics such as consent, contraception and STI prevention, gender identity, feminism, body confidence, and pleasure. Her content aims to normalize conversations around sexuality, sexual health, and the body and to make sex education accessible to everyone. Leeza is the foremost sex positive content creator who started talking about the importance of sex education when know one really knew a lot about it. She began creating Hindi content back in 2020 to reach the audience in rural areas who don’t have easy access to sex education which helped her gain a wider set of audience for her content on YouTube and Instagram.  Leeza was named one of GQ’s 25 Most Influential Young Indians in 2021. She was also the recipient of the Google x SheThePeople Digital Women Award for Content and the POPXO power women award earlier this year.  She has been featured in Times of India, Vogue India Elle India, and other publications for creating a safe space for people to learn about sexual health. 

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Lekha Washington

Lekha Washington is an acclaimed actor, poet, sculptor and product designer,
At the age of eighteen, she did her first solo art show followed by her debut lead performance in theater. Since then, she has been doing wonders in the fields of art, product design and performance.
Lekha graduated from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad conferred with a dual degree of lifestyle product design and Film direction. However, she has always been passionate about being in front of the camera, a fact which is justified by several stirring performances given by her in lead roles.
She is a woman who wears many hats as she is the founder of ‘Ajji- The Odd Product Company’ in 2011 to constantly support innovation and original design. Nowadays, this venture is popularly known by the name of ‘Lekha Washington Studio.’
With accolades in varied fields, Lekha has been keen on working collaboratively with multiple disciplines to create experiences that allow for a moment of magic.
She is admired and respected for her strenuous efforts in bringing a wave of evolution in different fields with the ultimate aim to subsequent development of varied domains in question

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Liane V

Beauty and fashion icon. Instagram superstar. With over 13.5 million followers, Liane V has undeniable clout on social media. And she’s used it to do good – inspiring millions worldwide to reach for the stars and push for their dreams. 

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Lilly Singh

Bringing power to girls all over, Lilly Singh is a force to reckon with. This multi-talented entertainer spends her time advocating for children’s rights as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and championing her movement, ‘GirlLove’.

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Lisa Mishra

Lisa Mishra is a name to reckon with in the music industry today. A data analyst who turned her life around by gaining popularity for her first major song ‘Tareefan Reprise’ in the film Veere Di Wedding, Mishra has some fantastic work under her belt! She has collaborated on Grammy-winning projects like Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper and the Emmy-nominated series Brown Girls. Her vibrant personality and melodious voice, led her to release singles like Sajna Ve with Vishal Mishra, and her solo debut Nai Chaida which came out in April 2020.

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Liza Koshy

Liza Koshy is an actor, producer, and creator, who recently starred in the Netflix Original Film, “Work It”. She is also the co-creator, executive producer, and star of “Liza on Demand,” which will return for season 3 in 2021. In March, Liza appeared in the YouTube Original special, “Creators for Change with Michelle Obama: Girl’s Education.” For the special, Liza joined Mrs. Obama on a trip to Vietnam to meet with girls participating in the Room to Read program, a nonprofit organization supporting adolescent girls’ education. Koshy is a co-chair of the non-profit When We All Vote. She has been featured on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Hollywood & Entertainment List and TIME Magazine’s Inaugural TIME 100 Next List. Liza is a multi-faceted talent who has trailblazed a path from digital creator to one of the Hollywood’s brightest young stars with her comedic sensibility.

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