Anjali Mehta is a human rights and law of war attorney, speaker, athlete, and artist, who currently runs a nonprofit dedicated to combating gender-based violence. She is a TEDx speaker and Fulbright Scholarship grantee.
Anjali has worked at the intersection of women's rights, gender-based violence, art, and law in India, the U.K., Colombia, Brazil, and Chile. As an artist, Anjali explores themes of social justice through art, and has developed a somatic movement workshop for lawyers presented at Yale Law School's Rebellious Lawyering Conference and at NYU School of Law. Her movement films have been nominated for several awards, including at the Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase, and Anjali has received a Bessie nomination for outstanding performer for her achievement in dance. Credits include: Mr. Incredible (prod. M. Night Shyamalan), Vogue World, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Erasing Borders at Alvin Ailey, Monsoon Wedding Choreography Workshop (dir. Mira Nair), New York Kathak Festival, and more.