Illana Raia is a lawyer, lecturer and the founder of Être, a mentorship platform for motivated girls. She contributes to HuffPost, Thrive Global, Ellevate and Mogul, and her first book Être: Girls, Who Do You Want To Be? was released on Day of the Girl 2019. She cheered herself hoarse at the December 5th launch and is grateful to ISS for the invitation.
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