Hill Harper is an award-winning actor, best-selling author and philanthropist. He currently stars as Dr. Marcus Andrews in The Good Doctor on ABC. Harper has earned seven NAACP Image Awards for his writing and acting. He is a New York Times best-selling author of Letters to a Young Brother, Letters to a Young Sister, and The Conversation. Additionally, he has written Letters to an Incarcerated Brother and The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in its Place. Harper founded The Manifest Your Destiny Foundation which is dedicated to empowering, encouraging, and inspiring underserved youth to succeed through mentorship, scholarship and grant programs. Hill Harper graduated magna cum laude as valedictorian of his department with a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and cum laude with a Juris Doctorate degree from Harvard Law School. He also holds a master’s degree with honors from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. He travels worldwide as a motivational speaker, addressing current affairs and life-awakening topics. HILL HARPER MUHAMMAD ALI EDUCATION AWARD Heather D. Heyer, a young woman with a big heart and a love for all individuals regardless of race, religion or creed, lost her life August 12, 2017 when a car plowed into a crowd of counter-demonstrators who were protesting a rally of neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members and other white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia. She was 32 years old. Heather was a high school graduate who worked for years as a waitress and bartender. In 2012, she went to work at a local law firm in Charlottes- ville, Virginia. With this new opportunity to better her life and establish a career, Heather worked hard to become a paralegal. In her profession, she voiced her concerns and views about equality. By speaking out for justice and equality, Heather embodied the spirit of the civil rights movement. Heather was a young woman who was deeply involved in talking a stand against injustice. The Heather Heyer Foundation was created to honor her memory, a young civil rights activist who dedicated her life to promoting equal rights for all people. HEATHER HEYER, ACCEPTED BY HER MOTHER, SUSAN BRO MUHAMMAD ALI SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARD