Megan Rapinoe was an American soccer player who played for the U.S. women’s national team from 2006 to 2023.  She helped the United States win the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2015 and 2019 and a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She scored six goals to claim the Golden Boot at the 2019 Women’s World Cup and also won the Golden Ball as the tournament’s best player.

Outside of soccer she spends her time advocating for LGBTQ+ rights, gender equality and racial justice. She was part of the women in the U.S.’s national women’s team’s legal fight with the U.S. soccer industry over gender-based pay discrimination. She also wrote a memoir called One Life in 2020.