Annie Jean-Baptiste (she/her)

Annie Jean-Baptiste is Google’s Global Product Inclusion Evangelist. She is passionate about making the web and Google’s products work for underserved communities and ensuring that Google is a place where everyone shines for their differences. She’s responsible for working with Google product teams on the creation and execution of their diversity strategy, and formerly created programs related to Diversity talent management/career development within several technical product areas within Google. Outside of Google, Annie is an American Heart Association spokesperson and a One Young World ambassador, focused on healthy lifestyles in underserved communities. She most recently was featured in Sheryl Sandberg’s Option B campaign to help people find resilience in the face of adversity. She has also been covered in Vogue, Essence, Milton Magazine and the Boston Globe. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in International Relations & Political Science.

What’s something that’s on your mind this Black History Month?

We need to build products for everyone, with everyone. Not only because it’s the right thing to do, but because all people deserve to be seen. When we do that, we’ll fully reflect the beauty and diversity of our world. We’ll leverage the brilliance of Black people and all underrepresented communities to innovate to our full potential.