Janet Mock

Fall 2018 Commencement | author, TV personality and one of the nation’s most important advocates for transgender rights
Janet Mock photographed for Variety on Saturday, June 1, 2019. Photo by Matt Sayles @msayles www.mattsaylesphoto.com

Writer, filmmaker, TV host and political advocate Janet Mock was born in Honolulu and received her BA from UH Mānoa. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Redefining Realness (2014) and Surpassing Certainty (2017). She has made a documentary for HBO, hosted a series for MSNBC and founded two organizations committed to transgender rights. TIME called her one of “the most influential people on the Internet,” and Variety has named her to its “Power of Women” list.