America Ferrera is known for her role in Ugly Betty and on the NBC sitcom Superstore, but when she’s not acting, she’s more focused on social activism. She was a big supporter of Hillary Clinton and after the 2016 presidential election, she teamed up with her husband Ryan Piers Williams and Wilmer Valderrama to create Harness, an advocacy organization that aims to shift current narratives about social issues by bringing leaders in communities of color, immigrants, refugees, and Muslims together with Hollywood creators to help tell their stories.
These three women are in People’s 25 celebrity women that are changing the world list. Each one of these women on their list is helping improve the quality of life for others, which is something really amazing.
