Maggie Hadleigh-West is an internationally recognized social justice activist, filmmaker, producer and public speaker. Through her humor, wit and experience, Hadleigh-West skillfully explores personal experience and transforms it into socio-political activism using film, short stories, workshops, trainings and educational programs. The primary focus of her work is around issues of sexism, sexual harassment, sexual assault, racism, homophobia, diversity and trauma.

Hadleigh-West’s films and presentations have been used around the world in theaters, broadcast television, cable outlets, nonprofit organizations, conferences, corporations, colleges and government agencies. Since 2002 the Department of Defense has been using her work to educate all branches of the military around issues of sexism, sexual harassment and sexual assault.

Hadleigh-West has appeared on numerous national and international television and radio programs including “20/20”, “The Today Show”, “CBS News”, “The Oprah Show”, “Lifetime Live”, “Oxygen Media”, BBC, NPR, and CNN. Articles on Hadleigh-West have been published in “USA Today”, “New York Times”, “San Francisco Examiner”, “NY Observer”, “Chicago Tribune”, “Village Voice”, “New York Daily News”, “Ms. Magazine”, “Glamour Magazine”, “London Times”, South African “Elle”, the Swedish papers “Aftonbladet” and “Dagens Nyheter” and Australia’s “Exposure” magazine.

Hadleigh-West is a 2005 Alcyon Fellow, 2004 New York State Council on the Arts Fellow, 2001 University of Louisville Distinguished Professor Nominee, 2000 Rockefeller Fellow Nominee, 2000 Tiny Tony Award Winner and a 1998 Caligari Prize Nominee. She received a BA with Honors in Visual Communications from George Washington University and holds a MFA with a Merit Award from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Hadleigh-West is an Alpha Omicron Pi Alumna.