Mary-Pat Hector
Author, Speaker, Playwright, Youth Advocate & Spelman College Student
Mary-Pat Hector just 18 yrs. old knows how to change the world. She grew a community service project into a non-profit: Youth in Action USA which became this nation’s fastest growing youth lead organization.
Mary-Pat is the National Youth Director for National Action Network; one of this country largest Civil Rights organization.
She can now add Peace First Prize Fellow to her list of accomplishments. She was awarded the fellowship for her national campaign call Think Twice a national campaign that educates youth on non-violence and other issues crippling her generation. Her national campaign provides teen-safety workshops for schools, trains teens and college students in many areas of youth advocacy techniques.
Not content to rest on her accomplishments, Mary-Pat speaks at high schools, colleges, conferences, women’s events, and crisis shelters across the U.S. In addition to her duties at NAN Mary-Pat serves as Youth Leader for Usher’s New Look foundation. Mary-Pat delivers keynote presentations calling for teen activism; her story provides the inspiration, her how-to strategies give young people their own road map for changing the world.
Mary-Pat was born in Atlanta Georgia and attends The Spelman College. She hopes to become Governor someday and then President in the year 2044
Awards: Mary has been honored with an award from President Barack Obama for Community service.
Mary received the Power Woman Award from Al Sharpton’s NAN Convention Won the Drum Major of Justice award from SCLC Women. She received the Essence 365Black award from McDonalds; Mary-Pat was selected as Ebony Magazines Power 100. Atlanta’s AJC named her as one of Georgia’s Home Town Hero’s, also winner of 21st Century 20 under 20 Leader 2013, Mary-Pat was named Activist of the Year from the 100 Black Men of America 2013, Awarded Philanthropist of the year from, Hearts to Hearts, Winner of the Peace Prize Awarded Philanthropist of the year from, Hearts to Hearts where her national Campaign Think Twice won 50 thousand dollars, 2013, Black Girls Rock M.A.D (Making A Difference) Girl winner 2013, National winner for Kohl’s Kids Who Care. 2014 Porsche Driving Force of the year award. 2014 Delta Sigma Theta, Youth Leader of the Year. 2014 AKA Sorority, 83rd North Atlantic Emerging Leader Award, 2014 Usher New Look, Global Youth Award 2015 Empower Magazine, Youth of the Year Award, 2015 Youth Advocate of the year Women’s Council of the Empire Board of Realtist, 2015 Young Women of Impact Award from Off The Field Players’ Wives Association
Media Appearances: CSPAN, CNN, Rolling Out, BET, MSNBC, News One, MTV Online, Huffington Post and you can listen to her every Thursday on Keeping It Real with Rev Al Sharpton