Appearances & Awards

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 || APPEARANCES || 

• Good Morning America (TV)

• NBC Nightly News (TV)

• Good Morning Jacksonville (TV)

• First Coast News Jacksonville(TV)

• Hulu

• YouTube

• UpWorthy (Publication)

• Essence (Publication)

• Forbes (Publication)

• The Root (Publication)

• New Moon Girls (Publication)

• Aviation for Girls (Publication)

• Scholastic (Publication)

• Teen Vogue (Op-Ed)

• Florida Times-Union (Publication)

• PEOPLE magazine (Publication)

|| AWARDS || 

• 2017 21 under 21 -Teen Vogue

• 2017 GoFundMe Hero - GoFundMe

• 2018 Young Futurist - The Root

• 2019 Aspiring EVE -Florida Times-Union

• 2020 One to Watch -Jacksonville NAACP Image Awards

• 2020 Champion for Girls -Girls Inc Jacksonville

• 2021 Black Girl Magic - My Brother’s Keeper Spartanburg

• 2021 Youth Community Hall of Fame - Jason Taylor Foundation

• 2021 Youth Advocacy awardee - Literacy Pro Jacksonville 

• 2021 NASA Star Student - Florida Forum 
  

|| PROJECTS ||

• Back-to-School Supply Drive (2016-Present) - Lead Organizer and Lead Fundraiser for this annual partnership with nonprofit The Alpha Starz. It has raised more than $15k to provide school supplies and backpacks to underserved youth in Jacksonville, Florida

• The Black Friend Book Challenge (January-March 2021) - Lead organizers and lead fundraiser for a crowdfund that raised more than $29k to aid in antiracism book distribution to schools and businesses to combat racism; Distributed book in 40 states and 40 U.S. Embassies

• Freedom Fund (May-June 2020) - Lead fundraiser for a crowdfund that raised more than $17k to aid in bailouts for youth and families during Black Lives Matter peaceful protests  

• COVID Relief Fund (May 2020)  - Lead organizer and fundraiser for a crowdfund that raised more than $4K funds for local YMCA to aid in childcare for frontline workers

• ADHD T-Shirt Drive (2020-present) - Designed T-shirt via a partnership with Bonfire that raised more than $5k to advocate for ADHD awareness where proceeds were donated to ADHD association and STEM initiatives

• Community Book & Movie Screenings (2017, 2018 & 2019) - Provided free movie screenings, title books, and comic books for movies Hidden Figures, A Wrinkle of Time, and Captain Marvel to youth locally, nationally, and internationally that raised more than $250k

• Eighteenx18 Rock the Vote (2018-2020) - Registered 150 youth 16 and up to vote in Jacksonville, Florida, as a state delegate for the organization

• Taylor’s Take Flight with a Book Drive (2016-present) - Lead organizer and philanthropist collecting and distributing more than 15,000 books to youth to ensure home libraries locally, nationally, and internationally

• Astronaut StarBright: The Story of a STEM Advocate (documentary) (2018) - Lead role in the documentary

• Fly Like A Girl (documentary) (2019) - A member of the cast in the documentary

|| SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS ||

• March for Science - April 22, 2017 (Washington, DC) - A featured speaker for the inaugural march alongside speakers like Bill Nye, Denis Hayes, and Leland Melvin. Taylor spoke about how representation matters in STEM for Black and brown girls to an audience of more than 100k.

• NEOSTREAM- October 25, 2018 (Cleveland, OH) - Taylor was invited by Ohio Congresswoman, now Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge as speaker to more than 900 teens to talk about science and space exploration.

• INSPIREFEST (now known as Future Human HQ) - June 2018 (Dublin, Ireland) - A panelist at Silicon Republic with more than 3000 attendees.

• IBM THINK Conference - February 12-15, 2019 (San Francisco, CA) - A panelist and speaker at Moscone Center to more than 500 IBM in person attendees and 1000 live stream attendees.

• ELLEVATE Mobilize Women Summit - June 2019 (New York, NY) - A panelist to talk about girls empowering girls and how to create spaces to discuss the pressing issues facing our world today to over 652 in person attendees and over 2000 live stream attendees.

• My Brother’s Keeper - Spartanburg, SC June 2021 (Virtual) - The keynote speaker at a virtual event about activism and self-care for Black youth.

• The Black Friend Literary Chat - March 2021 (Virtual) - A panelist in conversation about the book, THE BLACK FRIEND.

• Barbie You Can Be Anything Series - March 2021 (Virtual) - A panelist in conversation about STEM.

• Born This Way Foundation - May 2021 (Virtual) “Kindness Is Action” - A panelist in an Instagram live conversation.

• Citizen Education - June 2021 (Virtual) - A panelist talking about Gen Z issues called “Zooming in w/ Gen Z.”

• History Made By Us - June-July 2021 (Virtual) - A panelist during “Civic Season” to promote and amplify more engagement in civics.

• Girl Scouts of USA - September 2021 (Virtual) - A panelist talking about “digital leadership” to promote and amplify safe spaces on social media and the internet.