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Haben Girma is the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School. She is an award-winning advocate, author, and keynote speaker.
President Obama named her a Champion of Change, France appointed her a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, and the World Health Organization selected her as an inaugural Commissioner of its Commission on Social Connection. She works with organizations around the world to drive innovation, strengthen resilience, and deepen human connection.
The New York Times praised her bestselling book Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law. She demonstrates how constraints fuel innovation, crafting non-visual techniques for everything from dancing salsa to climbing an iceberg in Alaska. Her ingenuity led her to develop a speech-to-Braille communication system, opening a powerful new channel for Deafblind communication.
The story takes readers on adventures around the world, including building a school in Mali, fighting for blind readers at a courthouse in Vermont, and meeting with President Obama and President Biden. Warm, funny, thoughtful, and uplifting, this captivating book is a testament to Haben’s determination to resist isolation and find the keys to connection.
Organisations such as Apple, Bottega Veneta, Disney, Gartner, Google, Microsoft, Oxford University, and Visa have invited her to deliver keynote presentations. TIME included her in TIME100 Talks.
She lives in California and travels with her guide dog, though becoming a Knight has her considering a guide horse.
