Featured Speaker

Mayra Guillen

President of the I Am Vanessa Guillen Foundation

Mayra Guillen is president and founder of the I am Vanessa Guillen Foundation. She is the older sister of the late SPC Vanessa Guillen.

Mayra became an advocate after her sister's murder in order to help silence victims of sexual misconduct and other injustices in the military, becoming the MeToo movement in the military. Mayra’s advocacy has been successful since the I am Vanessa Guillen Bill was passed in NDAA 2021, along with an executive order by POTUS establishing sexual harassment as a military offense, which will protect our service members while giving justice and accountability to silenced victims. She is also featured in a Netflix documentary that follows her family’s fight for historic reform.