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Keah Brown
Keah Brown is a journalist and freelance writer from New York City, who has grown to love and accept her disabled body through activism. Brown is well known in the disability activist community for her online activism and published writing. In addition to her book The Pretty

One, she created the viral hashtag #DisabledandCute. In 2018, she was listed as one of the 100 Most Influential African-Americans by The Root. Brown is comfortable in the skin that she is in, and continues to discuss what it means to be African- American and disabled in the most able-bodied Caucasian community. Because of this, Brown demonstrates strength and integrity by writing her book, The Pretty One, that discusses some of the challenges that she had to face as well as the views from others that transformed her to be the women that she is today.

Early Life
While being raised in Western New York,

Although her disability is cerebral palsy, Brown still thrives to excel in every aspect of her life, despite some of the things that people told her