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During her undergraduate experience, Natalie Gillard found that support for individuals from diverse backgrounds was rather limited. The latter ignited her desire to pursue diverse professional opportunities and a self-designed graduate study in Race and Ethnic Relations. Natalie has held various inclusion roles over her 14 year career, including Stevenson University's Assistant Vice President for Multicultural Experiences.
Natalie is the creator of FACTUALITY, a facilitated dialogue, crash course, and interactive experience, that simulates structural inequality in the United States. Over the last five years, Natalie has led virtual and in person FACTUALITY facilitations for over 40,000 people, around the globe.
FACTUALITY has supported the diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at hundreds of multinational companies, universities, government agencies, and nonprofits (including Google, Twitter, American Express, Under Armour, Converse, Yale, Princeton, UCLA, Stanford, Boston University, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, New York City Department of Correction | Rikers, United Way, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, American Heart Association and more).
FACTUALITY has been featured in Amazon Best Seller | The Memo: What Women of Color Need To Know To Secure A Seat At The Table and Baltimore Magazine’s Best of Baltimore issue. Factuality is listed in the Kellogg Foundation's Racial and Equity Resource Guide and became an ice cream flavor through a partnership with social justice ice cream brand, Taharka Brothers.
Natalie is the creator of FACTUALITY, a facilitated dialogue, crash course, and interactive experience, that simulates structural inequality in the United States. Over the last five years, Natalie has led virtual and in person FACTUALITY facilitations for over 40,000 people, around the globe.
FACTUALITY has supported the diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at hundreds of multinational companies, universities, government agencies, and nonprofits (including Google, Twitter, American Express, Under Armour, Converse, Yale, Princeton, UCLA, Stanford, Boston University, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, New York City Department of Correction | Rikers, United Way, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, American Heart Association and more).
FACTUALITY has been featured in Amazon Best Seller | The Memo: What Women of Color Need To Know To Secure A Seat At The Table and Baltimore Magazine’s Best of Baltimore issue. Factuality is listed in the Kellogg Foundation's Racial and Equity Resource Guide and became an ice cream flavor through a partnership with social justice ice cream brand, Taharka Brothers.
Queenstar Akrong is an educator and college & career access advocate for underrepresented students. She most recently worked at The College Board leading racial equity initiatives and managing national outreach for a $25 million scholarship program. Additionally, she is the proud Founder & CEO of Adisa Advising, an online platform that helps families financially prepare for college and a Co-facilitator for FACTUALITY, a 90-minute crash course on structural equality in America. Prior to her current roles, she worked in the Office of Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi as a CBC Emerging Leader.
In her spare time, you can find her inspiring young women to run for political office through the Running Start ElectHer program or running to catch a flight to a new travel destination. She holds a B.A in Political Science and International Affairs from Notre Dame of Maryland University and a Master’s in Education Entrepreneurship from the University of Pennsylvania.
In her spare time, you can find her inspiring young women to run for political office through the Running Start ElectHer program or running to catch a flight to a new travel destination. She holds a B.A in Political Science and International Affairs from Notre Dame of Maryland University and a Master’s in Education Entrepreneurship from the University of Pennsylvania.
