TIME100 and Next Generation Leaders

Olga Rudenko / Next Generation Leaders

Olga Rudenko is the Editor in Chief of the Kyiv Independent, the world’s primary source for reliable English-language journalism on the war in Ukraine.

Jaz Brisack / Next Generation Leaders

A year after getting a job at the Elmwood Avenue Starbucks in Buffalo, N.Y., Jaz Brisack helped lead its staff in the first successful unionization at a corporate-owned Starbucks.

Deepica Mutyala / Next Generation Leaders

Beauty entrepreneur Deepica Mutyala launched the online community Live Tinted in 2018 focused on inclusive, diverse beauty.

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Dr. Chika Stacey Oriuwa / Next Generation Leaders

Dr. Oriuwa is a poet, activist and psychiatry resident who was the only Black graduate in her class of 259 at the University of Toronto. She decided to speak out about this, sharing her story and questioning why this was the case for her and so many others.

Sara Wahedi / Next Generation Leaders

Sara Wahedi created the app “Ehtesab,” which crowdsources reports of bombings, shootings, roadblocks and more—giving residents of Kabul clarity amid chaos.

Erika Hilton / Next Generation Leaders

Erika Hilton is a Brazilian politician and activist for LGBTQ rights. She became the first trans woman elected to the city council in São Paulo the same year murders of trans women surged by 45%.