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Dr. ShantaQuilette “HeyShantaQ” Carter
A health advocate and humorist with over 1B views, using laughter to spark healing, equity, and cultural change.
FOUNDER OF GIRL BE NATURAL
Dorsey Standish
A mindfulness expert and neuroscience educator exploring how digital habits reshape wellness, productivity, and connection.
Mechanical Engineer, Neuroscientist, & Wellness Innovator
Shartajeye' Wright - Fitzhugh
An educator and founder of Kidmistry reimagining learning by empowering teachers to build beyond the system.
CEO OF KIDMISTRY
Willow Blythe-Carroll
An award-winning Indigenous storyteller and leadership guide helping others reclaim their voice and lead with authenticity.
FOUNDER of WEAVING WISDOM
Dr. Geanie Asante
A tech strategist and creator of PrismAI, pioneering a human-centered approach to AI through vulnerability and heart-led leadership.
AI EXECUTIVE
Paige C. Lohoefer
Founder of The Birthday Party Project, creating moments of joy and belonging for over 78,000 children experiencing homelessness.
Founder of The Birthday Party Project
Jalonni Weaver
A recruiter, storyteller, and neurodiverse advocate redefining inclusive hiring through truth, transparency, and lived experience.
OPERATIONS RECRUITER
Reyna Duong
An award-winning chef and disability advocate building radically inclusive restaurants and community spaces.
James Beard Award Finalist, Founder of Sandwich Hag & Chimlanh
Annette Addo-Yobo
A first-generation immigrant redefining poise, purpose, and leadership in pageantry and beyond.
Miss Texas 2024
MEET THE SPEAKERS
From bestselling authors and award-winning chefs to tech visionaries and cultural change-makers, our TEDxAddison Women 2025 speakers represent the bold, the brilliant, and the boundary-breaking. Each woman brings a unique lens—rooted in lived experience and deep expertise—to challenge norms, spark new thinking, and inspire transformative action.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO
BREAK THE MOLD ?
To break the mold is to reject the limitations of expectation.
It’s the founder rewriting the rules of leadership. The educator rebuilding a better system. The advocate choosing joy in the face of adversity. At TEDxAddison Women 2025, Breaking the Mold is more than a theme—it’s a call to courage.
We celebrate women who challenge norms, disrupt silence, and use their stories as tools for change. Whether it’s in tech, art, education, health, or community-building, our speakers are reshaping what’s possible—and proving that transformation begins the moment we stop fitting in.
WHY ATTEND
TEDXADDISON WOMEN?
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Unfiltered, thought-provoking ideas: Hear from leaders, innovators, and disruptors who are redefining what’s possible.
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Meaningful connections: Network with like-minded changemakers, entrepreneurs, and creatives.
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Inspiration for action: Walk away with tangible insights to spark change in your life, career, or community.
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A global movement, happening locally: Be part of something bigger—a global network of TEDx events dedicated to spreading powerful ideas.
WHAT IS
TEDx?
In the spirit of discovering and spreading ideas, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxAddison Women, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxAddison Women event, TED Talks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized
WHY ATTEND?
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Unfiltered, thought-provoking ideas: Hear from leaders, innovators, and disruptors who are redefining what’s possible.
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Meaningful connections: Network with like-minded changemakers, entrepreneurs, and creatives.
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Inspiration for action: Walk away with tangible insights to spark change in your life, career, or community.
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A global movement, happening locally: Be part of something bigger—a global network of TEDx events dedicated to spreading powerful ideas.
