Glen "Beleaf" Henry is a father documenting all the mistakes and joys of parenting.

Sarah Kaminsky writes about her father, Adolfo Kaminsky, a forger with a mission.

Jonathan Williams likes to tell stories and throw parties, so he started a church that allowed him to do both.

Young piano player Joey Alexander has an old soul's gift for jazz.

Working with his father, Ron Sears, Nick Sears is designing and building the Orb, a rotating LED display that uses persistence of vision to produce moving images in 3D space.

In his compelling stage works, Hetain Patel uses powerful imagery and storytelling to examine questions of identity.

Father-daughter beatboxing duo Nicole Paris and Ed Cage mix beats across generations.

Joel Leon is a performer, author and storyteller from the Bronx. He is the author of "A Book About Things I Will Tell My Daughter" and "God Wears Durags Too," and a father to Lilah and West.

Stuart Duncan is the creator of AutCraft, the first Minecraft server for children with autism and their families.

Westpac's Michelle Knox has led large-scale transformation programs in the UK, Ireland and Australia.

Kitra Cahana is a Canadian photographer who blurs the line between anthropologist and journalist.

Dean Furness speaks about what it takes to succeed when faced with challenges.

Steven Addis is a father and photography buff who, by day, harnesses the power of branding for social change.

Penelope Jagessar Chaffer made the film "Toxic Baby," exploring environmental toxins through interviews and surreal imagery.

To showcase vital new art from African nations and the diaspora, Touria El Glaoui founded the powerhouse 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair.

Two decades after transforming a struggling equipment supplier into a radically democratic and resilient (and successful) company, Ricardo Semler wants organizations to become wise.

Joseph Kim escaped alone from North Korea at the age of 16, first to China and then to the United States.

Colin Grant is an author and historian whose works focus on larger-than-life figures of the African diaspora.

Karima Bennoune's new book introduces the world to people who speak out against fundamentalist terrorism.

Angélique Parisot-Potter traces her sense of justice to her father, a 260-pound wrestler who told her that no matter your size, you must look out for others.

Nathaniel Kahn is an Oscar- and Emmy-nominated maker of documentary films. His journey to understand his distant father -- the legendary modern architect Louis Kahn -- became the film "My Architect."

Nora McInerny makes a living talking to people about life's hardest moments.

With simple lines and pointed jokes that skewer injustice, Patrick Chappatte's editorial cartoons view the tragic, the farcical and the absurd through a lens of unfettered humor.

Louise Leakey hunts for hominid fossils in East Africa, in the family tradition.

Ples Felix is a leader in the Tariq Khamisa Foundation, dedicated to helping stop youth violence.

Daily Beast columnist and co-host of the "Democracy-ish" podcast, recovering attorney, playwright, author and exhausted dad Wajahat Ali celebrates the diverse narratives of the United States and advocates for a more inclusive cultural landscape.

The daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Bernice Albertine King is a connector, communicator, community builder and CEO of The King Center.

Groomed for terror, Zak Ebrahim chose a different life. The author of The Terrorist's Son, he hopes his story will inspire others to reject a path of violence.

With a fan following that runs into multi-millions, Shah Rukh Khan is at forefront of the Indian film industry and continues to rule at the box office in India.

Hendrik Poinar is a geneticist and biological anthropologist who focuses on extracting ancient DNA. He currently has his sights set on sequencing the genome of the woolly mammoth -- and cloning it.