ELLE’s 2024 Women of Impact honorees are freedom fighters and rule breakers. These activists, leaders, and visionaries are pushing their fields to new heights, charting their own paths, shaping trends, and saying, “You thought that was my pinnacle? Think again, I’m only getting started.”
After stealing the show at President Biden’s 2021 inauguration,
@amandascgorman is forging an identity beyond her splashy debut and using her words to create social change. “I am more than my most famous moment. I am all the moments, the light and the dark,” Gorman says.
@jennyhan ’s stories make space for herself and others. “Just 10 years ago, people didn’t understand that it was important for a main character to be played by an Asian person,” Han says. Congresswoman
@repescobar is working to “get the undocumented out of the shadows.” “We have to demonstrate leadership in this very difficult moment. And we have to do that while hanging onto our values,” she says.
@rosario.hevia is working to make the fashion business more sustainable. “If you would tell me, ‘Work on this other thing and you’ll earn double what you make now, but it’s less meaningful,’ I’ll say ‘No, thank you,’” Hevia says.
See the full list of ELLE’s 2024 Women of Impact honorees via the link in bio.