Briona Jenkins

Given the title, “The love child of Oprah, Beyonce, and Michelle Obama,” Briona Jenkins is a public speaker, activist for the LGBTQIA+, female, and people of color communities, and has years of experience using her platform to evoke change. In the summer of 2020, Briona decided to start her consulting business, Briona Jenkins Consulting. Since October 2019, she has hosted a podcast called The Tea with Bri where she sits and chats with a different guest every week about whatever topic the guests chooses. I. December 2019, she won the Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce ‘Rising Star Award, in February 2020, she was the subject for a documentary entitled, “Uncomfortable Spaces”, and in May 2021, she was awarded the Premier Achievement Award from her Alma Mater, Albertus Magnus College.