Candice Byrd is a Cherokee actress and activist always looking for Native representation on stage.

Adrienne Keene started blogging to document the many instances of Native cultural appropriation she experienced. As her awareness and followers grew, so did her voice. Her role as a leading activist for many throughout Indian Country has grown while also pursuing​ a career in academia. Now, as a professor at Brown University and co-host of the popular podcast, All My Relations, Adrienne learns that giving confidence and power back to Native students who stand where she once did is her greatest accomplishment.

Sasha Bowles is a park interpreter at Arkansas’ Lake Dardanelle State Park, where she teaches visitors about nature, history and her own Cherokee connection to the area.

Poet and author Jessica Mehta turned a love for writing into a business, but writing also helped her through the toughest moments in life. She tells OsiyoTV how words shaped her past and guide her present.