“I want to give all the little brown and black girls out there hope,” says filmmaker Bobbi Broome. “If I can inspire at least one little girl to follow her dreams, my life mission will be accomplished.”

Jordyn Roach, a member of the ConnectHER’s Under 30 Advisory Board, brings a unique artistic vision to her work.

Lawyer and aspiring documentary filmmaker Halimah Tariq’s short film Scarred Reality focuses on the devastating effects of acid attacks on women in Pakistan—and shows how survivors are rebuilding their lives.

Rebecca Dharmapalan, who was featured as one of Glamour’s 2017 “College Women of the Year,” credits the ConnectHER Film Festival with “launching my career as a social activist and changemaker.”

Sarah Jehaan Khan screened two of her ConnectHER Film Festival films at Asian Development Bank conferences, shining attention on critical drought and pesticide issues facing women in Pakistan.