Ashlee Marie Preston

Jul 1

Cause & Community

Owning the narrative
LOS ANGELES, CA

Ashlee Marie Preston is an award-winning media personality and trans rights activist who made history as the first openly trans person to run for state office in California. Despite her young age, Preston has held a variety of roles in her career, including editor-in-chief of Wear Your Voice Magazine and campaign surrogate for Elizabeth Warren's 2020 presidential campaign.

Preston recently founded You Are Essential — to “combat food insecurity, housing instability, and barriers to access encountered by the elderly, disabled, immunocompromised, and the deeply marginalized.” Through the social impact initiative, Preston is ensuring that every citizen has access to wellbeing so there is more cultural fluency about the basic things that unite us all.