Shomy Hasan Chowdhury is an award-winning Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) activist from Bangladesh, and the Co-Founder of the global non-profit Awareness 360. She is a development professional with 15+ years of experience in community development. Her notable recognitions include Forbes 30 Under 30, President’s Volunteer Service Award (Gold) by President Barack Obama, Putra Icon Award, and The Diana Legacy Award. She is also the first and only Bangladeshi to sit on the 2021 Diana Legacy Award Judging Panel, a high-level Judge of the UN SDG Action Awards, Global Citizen Advocate, Asia Pacific's first Samsung Global-UNDP Generation17 Young Leader, McCain Global Leader, Specialist for the CEE initiative of the US State Department, International Election Observer and sits on leadership & advisory positions of multiple international organizations. Shomy holds a Master's in Global Affairs from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, as a Schwarzman Scholar, one of the most competitive graduate scholarships in the world. She is also an internationally renowned public speaker, who regularly addresses keynotes and has already inspired millions in over 50 countries across 6 continents. She has spoken at and been seen on the United Nations, The White House, Kensington Palace, BBC, MSNBC, TEDx, Nasdaq, Forbes, Hello!, Humans of Kuala Lumpur, and many more.