Keely Cat-Wells, CEO of Making Space, named a L’Oréal Paris Woman of Worth 2025
Selected from more than 4,000 nominations, Making Space is 1 of 10 2025 honorees. For 20 years, L’Oréal Paris has honored women who uplift their communities through service. These non-profit leaders, our Women of Worth, each receive $25,000 to support their causes, mentorship from the L’Oréal Paris network and a national platform to share their stories. Learn more about the 2025 Women of Worth and their journeys of strength, ambition and hope below.
We collaborated with Sesame Street to provide comprehensive training on disability inclusion, universal design and accessible storytelling. This training was designed to equip the Sesame Street team with the knowledge and tools to create more authentic and inclusive content for disabled children and families. We also consulted to ensure the script portrayed Disabled characters in nuanced and authentic ways.
We’re so thrilled to bring you this year’s class of Young Influentials. In this digital cover story, we’re highlighting leaders and innovators spanning media, entertainment, marketing, tech and everything in between who are using their influence to change the way we think about branding. Whether it’s their impressive social media reach, brand partnerships or the ethos behind their vision, they’re successfully expanding their brands’ presence and rallying for positive change in the world, all before they’ve reached 40 years of age.
Cat-Wells founded her first company from her hospital bed when she became disabled at 17 years old: a talent agency representing her friends in the dance world, as she could no longer perform. When she moved to Los Angeles and lost a job due to her disability, she decided to found C Talent, a talent agency, which represents high-profile Deaf and Disabled talent. C Talent also provides Disability and Accessibility consulting for companies such as LEGO, Virgin Media, and Google.
"We were so inspired by Keely's mission to support disabled artists and create a more inclusive representation in the entertainment industry," said Stacey McCormick, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Aerie. "As a brand, Aerie is about celebrating our real selves, inclusivity, and diversity – we are so happy to support her cause."