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10 incredible stories.

10 incredible women.

Each an inspiration and

source of support to so many.

Inspired to help--

--to lead,

--to heal.

And they are so very worth it.

One person, one act,

one moment at a time.

They are women who always

give back and never give up.

NARRATOR: And now, join us as

we celebrate the L'Oreal Paris

Women of Worth.

Good evening.

For 15 years, L'Oreal Paris'

Philanthropic Program, Women

of Worth, has honored

inspiring women

who enrich their lives

and the lives of others

with service and support.

Each year, we ask

Americans to nominate women

who devote themselves

to making a difference

in their communities.

And every year, we are in awe

of the incredible nominees,

the needs they address, and

the obstacles they overcome.

Each of the 10 women

we've selected this year

has an extraordinary story,

a story of creativity,

compassion, commitment, and

courage; of having a vision

to improve the

world around them,

often in the face of danger,

illness, or sorrow, yet always,

always finding a way forward.

Because each of

these women possesses

a strong sense of worth.

NARRATOR: Let's

meet our honorees.

It's such a privilege to

be here applauding women

for their positive impact.

The resilience this year's

Women of Worth honorees

show in the face of difficult

challenges is profound.

They own their experience--

the good, the bad, all of it.

I grew up in poverty.

But my sisters and I were

never short on creativity,

writing and performing

skits, which

set me on a pretty good path.

Still, our plays didn't

erase the hunger.

I think of that

little girl I used

to be every time

I open my fridge

or turn on hot running water.

And I speak up to help children

who are hungry right now.

I encourage all of you to

live a life bigger than you.

And if you need

examples for motivation,

I have just the women

for you to meet.

These two have the toughness to

tackle anything and the empathy

to do it not only for

themselves, but for others

as well.

Cheryl Ann Wadlington had

bumps in the road in childhood,

but found the fortitude

to become a writer,

a motivational speaker, and for

the last 16 years, a champion

for girls of color

with the program

she founded at

the Evoluer House.

FEMALE: An Evoluer

girl is ready to be

the best version of herself.

An Evoluer girl is

someone who loves themselves

and who they are.

FEMALE: She knows that

she's going to evolve,

and she embraces that.

I grew up with a

very strong foundation.

I come from a very

religious family.

They were just

religiously super strict.

When my father passed

away, I was devastated.

I was a little girl.

I didn't know how to

handle him leaving.

Therapy and counseling

wasn't something that a lot

of black families did.

So I started getting in trouble.

I mean, every time

you turn around,

I think I just started

fighting out of that anger.

And then eventually I had

to go to reform school.

By the time I graduated

from high school,

I had like 52 E's and F's.

The counselor actually

laughed in my face and said,

you know, darling, no

college is going to want you.

And then I just looked at

her like she was crazy.

Cause as far as I was

concerned, I wasn't

going to let anything stop me.

VIOLA DAVIS: That drive led

Cheryl to New York City, where

she was accepted at the

Fashion Institute of Technology

and made a name for herself as

a fashion and beauty editor.

Building on her success,

Cheryl wanted to give back

and founded the Evoluer

House in Philadelphia.

The Evoluer House provides

the education and sisterhood

needed to propel girls of color

into positions of leadership.

CHERYL ANN WADLINGTON:

Girls of color, they have

always been judged differently.

Our girls, they feel an

exalted sense of self.

95% of our girls are from

low income backgrounds.

We take in first-time offenders.

They basically are in silence

because of these issues.

So that's something

that we have to work

with when they come

into program to break

that mindset and that attitude.

You're going to come out strong.

You're going to come out gold.

[singing] We will rise.

FEMALE: Often, you find

yourself in situations

where you're the only

black woman in the room.

It can kind of shut

you up in a way.

Miss Cheryl puts

you in the position

to build your self-esteem

to become your own person.

FEMALE: When I came from Puerto

Rico when I was 13 years old,

I didn't know I had a voice

and that I could use it.

FEMALE: I recently got

accepted to Berkeley,

majoring in music business.

I just had big goals.

And I'm going to

achieve all of them.

CHERYL ANN WADLINGTON:

In order to navigate

the world for a black

girl or a brown girl,

you have to be resilient.

We hope to have the next female

president of the United States

come out of Evoluer House.

VIOLA DAVIS: Resilience

keeps these women

on track in Philadelphia.

And a bit to the North,

another women's resilience

sees no bounds.

Noelle Lambert is no stranger

to obstacles of people telling

her something can't be done.

She knows better than most

that if you have a goal,

let nothing get in your way.

NOELLE LAMBERT: Soft knees.

All right.

Chest up.

Good.

4, 3, 2, 1.

In 2016, I was a

freshman at UMass Lowell

playing Division I lacrosse.

And I was the leading

point-scorer on the team.

I was starting

every single game.

So I was very excited for what

my future was going to hold.

VIOLA DAVIS: But that

summer, everything changed.

She had a serious

moped accident,

and her left leg was amputated.

Initially, they told

me that she probably

wasn't going to survive.

I was just grateful that

she was going to live.

And I said, you know, losing

a leg, we'll deal with that.

Having her alive is the

most important thing.

NOELLE LAMBERT: Looking down,

seeing that my leg was gone,

the first thing that I

did think of was lacrosse.

And I was never going

to be able to run

again, play lacrosse again,

or maybe even walk again.

My prosthetist, he is also

an above-knee amputee.

And he knows exactly

what I was going through.

And he told me that

he really didn't

think I was going to

ever be able to play

Division I lacrosse again.

Nobody's ever done this before.

I am that type of person if you

tell me I can't do something,

I'm just going to use it as

fuel to try to get better.

SHERMAN HART: Take your marks.

Go!

NOELLE LAMBERT: I had a

meeting with my coaches,

telling them, if I'm going

to be able to do this,

I'm going to need to be

pushed, yelled at, and treated

like everybody else.

Any coach would

love to coach Noelle.

If you ask her to

run through the wall,

the only thing she's going

to say is, how fast, Coach?

NOELLE LAMBERT: I ended up

scoring my first game back.

And I just remember

sprinting across the field,

seeing all my teammates

running after me.

That was my first time

crying in front of everybody.

And I just remember

thanking them,

because they were the ones

that made that moment possible.

VIOLA DAVIS: Noelle wasn't done.

She found new goals to

chase, including qualifying

for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

These personal

victories wouldn't

have been possible without

the gift of a running

blade from a foundation.

NOELLE LAMBERT: Just because

you have an everyday prosthetic

doesn't mean you're able to

use it for a running blade

or use it to go in the

water in the beach.

And when I realized that

specialized prosthetics can

range anywhere from

$10,000 to $50,000,

I thought that I

was alone in that.

VIOLA DAVIS: Noelle started

the Born to Run Foundation,

helping young amputees get

specialized prosthetics

that insurance does

not typically cover.

JILL FEENEY: Since Ryan's

received his blade,

he's just gained

so much confidence.

We've always worried

about how far

the actual regular prosthetic

legs would bring him.

And now I know he

can do everything

that he always wanted to do.

RYAN: I have freedom.

And I have no limit

with my blade.

NOELLE LAMBERT: When I

look back on my accident,

I honestly wouldn't change

a single thing about it.

Resilience to me is not

letting tragedy define

the person you want to become or

the life that you want to live.

You're able to do anything

you put your mind to.

NARRATOR: To find out more

about these amazing women

and learn how to support

their initiatives,

head to womenofworth.com.

L'Oreal Paris Women

of Worth has always

been about serving our

communities with ingenuity,

compassion, and courage.

Community is not

just where we live.

It's about the people we

know and the ones we don't

and caring about them all.

I am proud to introduce

two outstanding women

who show us what it truly

means to be of service.

Dr. Gulshan Harjee is one of

the founders of the Clarkston

Community Health

Center in Georgia,

a patient-centered

clinic that provides

free comprehensive

health care services

to the residents of DeKalb

and surrounding counties.

GULSHAN HARJEE: Each

one of us is brought

into this world with

a greater purpose

than just serving ourselves.

The health care community

is what my focus is.

Having experienced malaria,

typhoid, cancer, and lupus,

I mean, it just tells

you that you are being

prepared for a higher calling.

Clarkston has been called the

Ellis Island of the South.

There are 60 languages spoken

in the one square mile city.

We have immigrants,

refugees from Iraq,

Somalia, East Africa,

Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka.

It's incredible.

We were third generation

Asians in Tanzania.

And Idi Amin was

expelling Asians.

18 years old, never left my

own country and being expelled

and not wanted in

your own country.

That was traumatic.

GEMMA CHAN: Gulshan

earned her medical degree

from Atlanta's Emory

School of Medicine in 1982.

And by 1985, she was running

a lucrative private practice

in Decatur, Georgia.

During more than 30 years

of caring for a wide range

of patients, Dr.

Gulshan Harjee came

to a realization that

would significantly change

the course of her life's work.

It was about 11

years ago that I

was diagnosed with

breast cancer and had

the worst flares of lupus.

When I had malaria, my

kidneys went into failure.

Dodging death so many times.

What shocked me was that there

are those that have more health

care than they need.

And then there are

those that have none.

So I embarked on

starting a free clinic.

It has been a place for me

to heal, to heal others.

And it has been my sanctuary.

You take good care.

February 2013, we

opened our doors.

We now have 5,500 patients.

Immigrants, refugees,

uninsured, unemployed.

FEMALE: We were going

through some hard times.

I lost my job.

I'm thankful that

you guys are here.

DANIEL SMITH: With the patients,

she treats them like family.

And she really wants

them to achieve

an optimal state of well-being.

GULSHAN HARJEE: Between the

volunteers and the doctors,

we speak 30 languages.

If you can't speak

their language,

you can't diagnose them,

and you can't help them.

The next project

is to fund-raise

to build an 8,000

square foot facility

that would be fully equipped.

Making it to this point with

the assistance of L'Oreal

is a beautiful thing.

And I want to thank them for

shedding light on my project.

When you have like-minded

people, when the community

rises up to the plate,

and we all work together,

I think the results

can be quite impactful.

GEMMA CHAN: The drive to

make a positive and lasting

impact transcends

communities, industries,

and even generations.

At just 20 years

old, Danielle Boyer

is an entrepreneur, educator,

inventor, and author in STEAM--

science, technology,

engineering, art, and math.

She is filling a huge

need by providing

educational skills

to young people

in underserved communities.

Her program, The

STEAM Connection,

shares her love of learning

and teaching by creating

educational materials

and making them

accessible to black,

indigenous, and people

of color communities.

DANIELLE BOYER: Even

though I've seen robots

move thousands of

times, I still always

get that, like, excitement.

It's so cool to know that you

wired something, and it worked.

And you're like,

what else can I do?

The STEAM Connection

is my nonprofit

that I started in

January of 2019

to bring STEAM

resources to children.

As an Ojibwe person, which

is an indigenous tribe,

I am very passionate

about bringing

opportunities to kids who

might otherwise be left behind.

I want kids to know that

engineering is approachable

and that it is fun

and worth pursuing.

GEMMA CHAN: Danielle has reached

more than 930 students to date.

For those she can't

teach in person,

Danielle created a way to put

STEAM and robotics education in

the hands of kids everywhere.

DANIELLE BOYER: Every

kid gets a robot.

It's a robot that I invented

that goes to kids for free.

And I have online

curriculum that the students

can learn from.

I saw a lot of robots that

my students wanted to use

that cost, like, $400, $500.

That's just not accessible

for many of the communities

that I work with.

We're going to grab the

ESP 32 development board.

STUDENT: OK.

DANIELLE BOYER: I've

sent out thousands

and thousands of robots.

The robots have been to more

places than I have been.

I'm from Troy, Michigan.

We have a lot of

immigrants here.

My students come from so

many different backgrounds,

it brings a really dynamic

environment to the classroom.

A lot of the kids have

been told they shouldn't be

pursuing engineering careers.

And I'm here to tell

them that they can.

There's no barrier

to entry anymore.

VCC connects to 3.3.

Do you know what

the 3.3 stands for?

STUDENT: Yep.

DANIELLE BOYER: I joined

my first robotics team when

I was a junior in high school.

It was a really

difficult experience.

A lot of the guys were

not nice to me at all.

I really felt like I

wasn't meant to be pursuing

anything in programming,

things that I

was really passionate about.

And I just knew

that I had to create

a better environment for

those female students

that I was working with.

[laughs]

I'm not going to lie.

That was awesome.

VINAYA GUNASEKAR: :

Danielle has opened

me up to the thousands of

possibilities that there are.

She helps so many people.

And that just inspires me to

do the same in my community.

DANIELLE BOYER: I

think my future is

full of working with students,

doing cool robot things,

and changing the world.

[chuckles]

I am blown away as I

watch these amazing, amazing

women tell their stories.

Just think-- Women of Worth has

been going strong for 15 years.

And now 150 women and so many

lives positively impacted.

I think we all know

a woman of worth.

Mine is my mum, Elizabeth, for

dedicating her life to helping

people and their families

through her work as a doctor,

for raising a family, and

for being an unwavering

source of support for me.

Who's yours?

Tell us by joining

the conversation,

and show your support for

wonderful, remarkable,

incredible women everywhere.

NARRATOR: Still ahead, meet

more of the amazing Women

of Worth honorees.

FEMALE: No matter how dark

your world is, you are always

somebody's light,

whether that's your own

or someone like a stranger.

And I tell her

that all the time.

Stephanie Gattas is my angel.

Welcome back, you guys.

What impressive, beautiful

women we've seen so far.

Another quality

women of worth share

is their ability to speak

up for people who may not be

able to find their own voice.

I am personally

so moved by causes

that look to improve the

future for young people

around the world.

Advocacy for crucial causes

requires a strong commitment.

And that commitment

can be rooted

in deep personal experience.

The two women you're about to

meet are advocates to the core.

Diana Chao founded

Letters to Strangers

as a sophomore in high school.

Facing bipolar disorder,

she felt isolated.

Diana found comfort writing

letters to strangers,

which made her feel less alone.

Letters to Strangers

has since grown

into a global youth-run

organization that seeks

to destigmatize mental

illness and increase

access to affordable

quality treatment.

Diana believes that writing is

humanity distilled into ink.

Watch closely.

Diana might be making one more

connection she's not expecting.

[sitar music]

DIANA CHAO: Dear Stranger,

I don't know what

to say except that

sometimes everything hurts

so bad I don't know what to do.

I am a puddle.

I am a string.

I am a prayer

wavering on existence

but never quite making it there.

What am I going to do about it?

Love, a stranger.

I've had bipolar disorder

since I was 13 years old.

And when I got my

diagnosis, there

was a lot of denial for a

long time within my family.

I felt like I didn't deserve

the air that I breathed.

In a lot of minority

backgrounds, what's very common

is this idea that mental

illness is a result of karma,

that maybe you are just

being disrespectful

and spoiled and ungrateful.

After surviving a series

of suicide attempts,

it was actually the very final

one when my little brother

was the one who found me.

And I thought to myself that no

matter how dark my world got,

I could never drag

him down with me.

I turned to writing.

And I started writing

letters to strangers.

I realized that I

had a voice that

was being empathetic and

kind to these people I'd

never even met.

And so I asked myself why

I couldn't do the same,

but for me.

As that became my

sort of healing power,

I decided to make it

into a little student

club at my high school.

It grew and became

what it is today.

50% of all lifetime cases of

mental illness begin by age 14,

and 75% by age 24.

This means that young people are

particularly impacted not just

by mental health

concerns, but all

of the other

conditions of life that

can affect one's mental health.

CAMILA CABELLO: : Letters to

Strangers is now the largest

youth-for-youth mental health

nonprofit organization with

chapters in more than

20 countries reaching

over 35,000 people globally.

DANIELLE BOYER:

Letters to Strangers

operates through our anonymous

letter-writing exchange program

which happens through

therapy-informed writing

themes and peer discussions.

We also have our

guidebook, which

is the world's first

youth-for-youth mental health

guidebook.

CAMILA CABELLO: : Diana

took a break from her busy

schedule as a full-time

student and activist

to hop on a video call.

Little did she know, L'Oreal

had a surprise in store.

Elle Fanning wanted to

compliment her personally

on her healing efforts.

Hi!

Can you see me?

Yeah.

I just wanted to

congratulate you

on everything that you've done.

You are truly a woman of worth

in every sense of the word.

Yes.

Your advocacy for

young people, it's

so beautiful and inspiring.

So really, thank you.

Thank you for

caring about my story

and for sharing

your time with me.

To me, being an

advocate means to care,

to love, to believe, to trust

in the inherent goodness

of people, even when

everything around you

might make you feel like

that's an impossible task.

No one walks this Earth alone.

And no matter how

dark your world gets,

we only see the

shadows because there

is a light shining on them.

And I hope this reminds you that

you are always somebody light,

whether that be your own

or someone like a stranger.

CAMILA CABELLO: : Radiating

light and hope is a gift

shared by our next honoree.

Marta Michelle Colon's brother

struggled with addiction

and eventually lost his life

due to his dependence on drugs.

This tragedy inspired Marta

to start Be Gutsy to raise

awareness of opioid abuse.

She focuses on teens and

young adults, especially

Latino youth, to educate

about opioid abuse

and the importance of securing

prescription drugs in the home

so they're not misused.

MARTA MICHELLE COLON:

: Taking tragedy

and transforming it into

something that saved

lives makes me feel empowered.

Actually, it makes

me feel at peace.

My brother was five

years older than me.

And when he turned 16, my

father gave him a motorcycle,

which was his dream.

After his first

motorcycle accident,

his pain was so strong that

he was prescribed opioids.

There wasn't actually

any interaction with us

where I saw that

he was taking more

pills than he was supposed to.

But there were some

behaviors that I

knew that something was wrong.

CAMILA CABELLO: : 24 years after

his first motorcycle accident,

Marta's brother passed away

as a result of the long-term

effects of opioid misuse.

MARTA MICHELLE COLON: : It

was very, very distressing.

At that time, I realized that

his life could save many lives.

And that's why I

decided to create

Be Gutsy because I figure it's

my next stage of honoring him.

CAMILA CABELLO: : Designed to

take on America's dangerous

and widespread drug epidemic,

Be Gutsy is a national platform

that raises awareness of

the perils of opioid misuse,

a problem which is devastating

to the Latinx community.

MARTA MICHELLE

COLON: : Latinx are

known to not liking

to talk about

substance use disorder openly.

And a lot of the pill

bottles are in English.

And some people do

not speak English.

One of our goals is to make

sure that this epidemic,

it's part of the

Latinx conversation.

We go to schools, we

go to communities,

we go to non-profit

organizations.

And we provide information

on the prescription opioids

epidemic.

We also use the arts as a

medium to drive this message

and this information.

Adolescents get to create

murals about well-being.

It's an interesting process.

CAMILA CABELLO: : Be

Gutsy is an invaluable

resource guiding young people to

make safe and healthy choices.

MARTA MICHELLE COLON: : If

I knew then what I know now,

I definitely could

have saved my brother.

And that's why I want to make

sure that people know all

this now so they

can help each other,

so they can help save lives.

NARRATOR: To find out more

about these amazing women

and learn how to support

their initiatives,

head to womenofworth.com.

My focus this evening is on

something I know a bit about--

the challenge of

finding empowerment,

the confidence to take control

of your life and your journey.

Listen to your instincts.

See opportunity when

it presents itself.

And go for it.

You're about to meet Leah

Juliett and Barbara Rhode.

They have found their

power and are using

it to help others do the same.

Leah is the founder

and executive director

of March Against Revenge

Porn, an international digital

advocacy organization dedicated

to eradicating revenge

porn and image abuse.

As a victim

themselves, Leah wishes

to stop this invasive and

devastating problem, leading

the charge with protest

marches, work with legislators,

and victim support services.

LEAH JULIETT: I

experienced shame

before I knew what shame meant.

I was 14 when I was first asked

to send nude photos to a boy

that I was talking to in

my small town high school.

He sent the photos to

everyone on the football team

with people in other towns.

And finally, the

photos were posted

on an anonymous

worldwide image board.

And the worst part

was, I blamed myself.

One of my tattoos

says, RIP Shame.

And I got that tattoo

the day that I started

telling my revenge porn story.

To the boy who posted my naked

pictures online, thank you.

I went on Facebook,

and I saw the boy

who posted my naked pictures.

It was his mug shot.

And he was on the run for

sexually assaulting a minor.

And that's when I realized

that criminals, when not held

accountable for

their crimes, will

continue hurting other people.

Take back my tongue

and learn how to speak.

Take my art back with gallantry.

Stop being meek.

I wrote a poem, and

I posted it online.

And a few months later

is when I decided

to found March Against Revenge

Porn in August of 2016.

I refuse to be ashamed.

I am not the one to blame.

It's the most empowered

that I have ever been.

HELEN MIRREN: A non-binary

and queer writer, speaker,

organizer, and advocate,

Leah has become a leading

voice in the LGBTQ+ community.

LGBTQ+ people are

disproportionately

targeted by revenge porn.

LEAH JULIETT: I'm

dedicated to eradicating

cyber sexual violence

through federal lobbying,

national protest

marches, a new podcast,

victim support services, and a

brand new legal defense fund.

Now the girl in the

picture is forever to see.

My body may be in cyberspace.

But the joke's on the

thief, because she isn't me.

But my voice will

never be taken away.

L'Oreal Paris Women

of Worth program

is empowering me to

continue to use my voice.

It's giving me

legibility in public

in ways that revenge porn has

tried to take away from me.

HELEN MIRREN: Speaking

up to drive change

is something our

honorees have in common.

They turn words into

action on a daily basis.

Barbara founded the Red

Tent Women's Initiative,

supporting women

incarcerated in the Pinellas

County Jail in Florida.

She realized that having

inmates work with their hands

keeps them focused and gives

them a sense of accomplishment.

These positive coping skills

address issues such as trauma,

addiction, and

socioeconomic disadvantage,

allowing the women to

improve their lives

and the lives of their

children and to stop

the cycle of recidivism.

BARBARA RHODE: So I'm so

glad you could come today

and we could catch up.

I just love my life right now.

I'm a happy person, and

I like going forward.

BARBARA RHODE: The Red Tent

Women's Initiative is a program

I started at the

Pinellas County Jail

for women inmates who

have been through trauma.

HELEN MIRREN: Barbara is a

licensed marriage and family

therapist.

While working with women at

a drug treatment facility,

Barbara discovered

what would become

the inspiration behind

her non-profit initiative.

BARBARA RHODE: I read Anita

Diamant's "The Red Tent."

There used to be in the

middle of villages a red tent

where women could go when they

were going through changes,

grieving, anything that

caused them to feel

like they needed time to heal.

So I started thinking, we need

some red tents around here.

I just wanted to

sew and to talk.

Talk!

I still want to sew.

BARBARA RHODE: When women

do things with their hands--

crochet, knit,

embroider, even color--

they produce more

oxytocin that makes

them feel safe and secure.

I didn't know that I'd

be getting some things out,

to be able to heal

from those things.

It empowers you that

they overcome some stuff

that, hey, I could do that too.

BARBARA RHODE: Some of

the tools we use in class

are assertiveness training,

mindfulness meditation,

conflict resolution,

anything that will give them

another tool so

when they leave jail

they're not pulled back

into that destructive cycle.

What I made it

through allows me

to be able to help

somebody else that's

going through the same thing.

I think Red Tent empowers

other women by helping them

see themselves differently.

FEMALE: I learned that

I'm a good person,

that I can help other people.

Helping them have new hope.

FEMALE: Now I have custody

of both my children.

I am remodeling my house.

BARBARA RHODE: The fact

that other people care

enough to come into the

jail and work with them

has a profound effect on them.

FEMALE: It's made me a woman

of dignity, a woman of respect.

They have the possibility and

ability to leave jail and make

a profound difference

in their lives,

their family's lives, and

the communities' life.

FEMALE: Red Tent empowers

you to be better.

And Barbara gives us that.

She makes us believe.

With L'Oreal's support

and the Women of Worth,

my dream is to see

Red Tent programs

in every jail and prison

throughout the world.

Both women are helping

others find resolution.

I can certainly relate.

When I was younger--

a lot younger--

I looked in many different

places for answers.

But I found my answer by

looking outside of myself

towards other people

and community.

And like Leah and

Barbara, we all have

the power to help each other.

Every year, L'Oreal

Paris Women of Worth

celebrates 10 women

who do beautiful things

for their communities,

women who have

created so many amazing causes.

Visit womenofworth.com

to read their stories.

I am honored to

be here to celebrate

L'Oreal Paris' Women

of Worth, women

who exemplify so many things--

empathy, courage, love, but

most importantly, strength.

Our strength comes

from many places

from within us-- from

faith, from our families,

from finding a sense of purpose.

I personally stay

strong by focusing

on advocacy and the

priorities I learned

from my South Texas roots.

My father is a US veteran.

My mother taught special

needs students for many years.

And when I was growing

up, they emphasized

education, hard work, and

compassion, and kindness.

One measure of strength is

to survive a personal tragedy

and then try to prevent others

from suffering like you did.

Lindsey Wimmer knows

the grief of being

the parent of a stillborn

child and the challenges

of navigating a world changed

by the loss of someone you love.

She is founder and

executive director

of Star Legacy Foundation.

Their mission is to increase

awareness of stillbirth,

pregnancy loss, neonatal

death, and to support families

on their grieving journeys.

We have about 1,000

stars hanging up.

And they are representative

of the number

of babies that are stillborn in

the United States in two weeks.

I remember when I hit 34 weeks.

I actually called my mom,

and I said, we're home free.

I'm a pediatric

nurse practitioner.

And so I had taken care

of lots of 34-weekers,

and they do great.

One night I woke up

about 3:00 in the morning

with this overwhelming

sense of doom.

After a little while I started

to realize that in the time

that I had been up, I

hadn't felt the baby move.

So we were at the

clinic when they opened.

And they showed

us the ultrasound.

They said, you know,

here's your baby.

Here's his heart.

And it's no longer beating.

And that really is the moment

that kind of put my life

into a before and after.

It really defined a lot

of my life in that way.

I can almost feel what his

hands and feet felt like.

But this proves that he

was real, he was here.

The best answer my

obstetrician could give me

was, sometimes these

things just happen.

The mom in me and the

health professional in me

just couldn't be OK

with that answer.

EVA LONGORIA: Drawing

from her own experience,

Lindsay patterned

the Star Legacy

Foundation's programs based on

what she knows families need--

support, information, research.

LINDSEY WIMMER: Star

Legacy Foundation

is dedicated to prevention

of stillbirth and caring

for families who

had that experience.

CHRIS DUFFY: When

you're at the hospital

and your baby is not living,

you're just in total shock.

FEMALE: There are

people that are

shining their light

because they've

made it a little bit farther.

And so that's

definitely what you have

been for us and for

our family, and it's

just such a profound gift.

LINDSEY WIMMER: The hope is

one of the biggest things.

We hear from families

over and over again

when they met with one of us or

when they learned what we were

doing, it was the first time

that they actually started

to think that maybe

they can survive this,

they will be able

to smile again.

EVA LONGORIA: With

more than 20 chapters,

the Star Legacy

Foundation is providing

caring guidance to parents and

families around the country.

Lindsey is a wonderful person.

With any luck, we will make

stillbirth a thing of the past.

If we could save other

families from that type

of heartache, that's

the best gift I

could think of to give anyone.

And that's the best legacy

I can think of for my son.

EVA LONGORIA: Helping

others navigate pain also

motivates our next honoree.

For Navy veteran

Stephanie Gattas,

strength was returning

home from service

and fighting to overcome

anger and despair.

She found equine

therapy helped her heal,

and she knew she could help

other veterans heal as well.

Stephanie founded

The Pink Berets

so that active duty women of

the United States Armed forces,

veterans, and first responders

who struggle with trauma

and invisible injuries

all have a place to turn.

STEPHANIE GATTAS: I had

experienced a number

of different things in my

life that led to a point

where I said, something

has to change.

There was erratic behaviors.

There was aggressiveness.

I wasn't really

identifying with the fact

that I needed to get help.

As a mother, as a

daughter, as a wife,

I needed to really

gain an understanding

of what it meant to implement

that self-care in myself.

I started to do research.

And there wasn't really

anything to address

any specific traumas,

especially for women

that had been in the military.

And so The Pink Berets was born.

EVA LONGORIA: The

Pink Berets provide

various therapeutic

programs to help

women veterans confront their

trauma and take steps forward.

STEPHANIE GATTAS: Our focus is

to help them engage in order

to start living a normal life

with therapeutic and holistic

type therapies that will address

their invisible injuries,

such as post-traumatic stress,

military sexual trauma, combat

trauma stress, and

traumatic brain injuries.

DR. DENISE CARDIN ABNEY:

When people have PTSD,

they're expecting that

the same thing that

happened to them in the

past-- their trauma--

will happen again.

And so they're 24/7 on guard.

I came here struggling

just to function.

I was always in that

heightened sense of alert.

And horses see that.

They help you recognize

that damage to your soul.

EVA LONGORIA: Stephanie's

approach brings

healing and restores strength.

STEPHANIE GATTAS: My hope is

that when these women receive

the services that they receive

through The Pink Berets,

they walk out with this

newfound level of strength.

TRACIE ROSADO: Strength is

asking for help by saying,

I'm here, I need help.

More powerful than being on

that front line, more powerful

than deploying.

Because you did it for yourself.

Stephanie Gattas is my angel.

I'm so thankful.

I'm just thankful.

STEPHANIE GATTAS:

I can't tell you

how incredible it

is to be a part

of this Women of Worth journey.

What I would love to

see is for other women

to be inspired and empowered to

give back to their community,

be of service to others.

There is no greater

act of humanity

than to be able to say, I

can help you, and I know how.

NARRATOR: To find out more

about these amazing women

and learn how to support

their initiatives,

head to womenofworth.com.

The 10 incredible women

we've met over the last hour

devote their time and energy to

enriching the lives of others.

Yet they are so modest

about their work

and how much they mean

to those around them.

These women of worth make

the world better every day.

Their acts of kindness

uplift their communities

from within as their love

and caring radiates outward.

GEMMA CHAN: Dear Noelle--

Dear Barbara--

Dear Gulshan--

Dear Marta--

Dear Danielle--

Dear Diana--

Dear Lindsey--

Dear Stephanie--

Dear Cheryl--

Dear Leah Juliett--

Do you know how crazy

proud of and happy

I am for you in this moment

of public recognition

for the woman of worth you are?

Do you know how grateful we

are that you remain steadfast

and unapologetic

in your commitment

to ensuring girls of

color have what they

need and are able to thrive?

Everything you've done with

the Born to Run Foundation,

helping young adults and

children live their lives

how they're meant to be lived--

Your influence goes beyond

what you could ever imagine.

And now, at only 20 years

old, you've changed thousands

of lives across the globe.

And you're just getting started.

You taught me that my mental

illness does not define me.

You taught me not to be afraid.

You taught me that I am strong.

And you taught me

that I am not alone.

Dear Lindsey, hi, it's me.

Do you know how many people's

lives that you have touched?

You have demonstrated

to many kids

that scientists and engineers

can look like anyone.

You've created a safe space

for me and so many other

women to gain some self-worth.

And how you stress

the importance

of being a voice for those

who don't have a voice.

You are someone

that our community

looks to in dark times.

You inspire me to continue

to teach my students

to live their values--

--to remain action-oriented--

Practice patience.

--to be brave enough to share

the story of my own scars.

--and my experience has

inspired me to one day

open up my own free

clinic that serves

the underserved populations.

You are a person

who sees the light

that everyone has to offer.

And I could not be more

grateful for having you

in my life and for making

me a better person.

You are truly a hero.

You have discovered powers

that I didn't know existed.

And I thank you for that.

What you have done is

provided families like ours

with comfort and

community and support

and love when they feel

like they are floundering.

I want to thank you so much

for instilling the values

and morals into our daughter.

From my heart to yours--

Congratulations to you.

I love you.

I love you.

I love you.

I love you.

You inspire me to be a

woman of worth, just like you.

That's so sweet.

I would do it 100 times over.

You truly understand

the value of worth.

You inspire me.

By bringing a smile to

people who really need it.

You inspire me

to be an advocate.

--to help, to lead, to heal.

Thank you for taking action.

--for stepping up.

--for offering your hands

and hearts to people in need.

--and making the

world a better place

one remarkable act at a time.

Once again, I

want to thank you.

To all the incredible 2020

L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth

honorees, you show us your

compassion, caring, commitment,

and courage every day.

And all of you watching

at home can help.

Visit womenofworth.com to

learn more about the honorees,

their causes.

There is always something you

can do to make a connection,

to make someone feel

valued or change something

that needs to be changed.

Because we are all worth it.

I want to thank you again

so much for watching.