Ama Karikari-Yawson, Esq. is the founder of Milestales Publishing and Education Consulting and the author of The Talk: A Black Family’s Conversation about Racism and Police Brutality, Sunne’s Gift: How Sunne Overcame Bullying to Reclaim the Gift, and other bestselling books.

Her unique understanding of social issues, business, and the law has enabled her to become a relevant voice on issues as varied as race relations, women's issues, dating, parenting, self-love, hair-bullying, and entrepreneurship. Her articles have been published in MSNBC’s theGrio, HuffPost, The Atlantic, MadameNoire, and other publications. Ms. Karikari-Yawson has also appeared on The Today Show, Al Jazeera’s The Stream, The Nate Berkus Show, and Fox Business. Additionally, she is a celebrated radio personality who can be heard on Pacifica Radio, WBAI 99.5 FM in New York as she broadcasts her weekly show, How to Make It in the City.

Through her company, Milestales, Ms. Karikari-Yawson, along with her team of thought leaders and artists, facilitates life-changing diversity and inclusion training sessions that incorporate legal analysis, storytelling, drama, dance, history, cutting-edge psychological research, mindfulness, and restorative justice circles. These sessions engage participants and organizations and truly propel them toward their goal of fostering a more equitable, cohesive, and productive work environment. Additionally, these programs may be customized to include diversity issues such as race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, political affiliation, and ability. 

Ms. Karikari-Yawson earned a BA in social studies from Harvard University, an MBA from The Wharton School, and a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.