Xian Horn is a joyful half-Asian woman with Cerebral Palsy, who serves as founder of the non-profit, Give Beauty Wings. She is an advocate, speaker, and Forbes Women contributor.
Xian has moderated and spoken at the U.N. many times for International Women’s Day, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, and CSW, and she’s also presented at The Obama White House, The Harkin Summit, the ACLU, Microsoft, and Apple, to name a few. In 2021, Xian was given the Rising Leader Award by Positive Exposure, which was presented to her by legendary disability advocate Judy Heumann. She was named Women's eNews' 21 Leaders for the 21st Century in 2017 and honored in Walker's Legacy Power 15 as well as the National Disability Mentoring Coalition’s Hall of Fame in 2018.
In 2023, she was featured on the Financial Feminist Podcast with Tori Dunlap for a trailblazing conversation about disability and finance that was a follow-up to her recent non-profit event called Negotiating Your Worth: Disability and Financial Health. Xian has collaborated with inclusive corporations such as AT&T and EY as an accessibility consultant and orchestrated and conducted Leadership Trainings for L’Oreal, Target, Zappos, Amazon, NBC Universal, Esteé Lauder, and more. She is a board member of the New York City Tech Alliance and served on the advisory board for the AT&T AAPAA Panel from 2018-2022.
Xian’s life work serves as a bridge to promote greater accessibility and holistic inclusion.
