Nominate a Local Hero!
PBS SoCal is looking for outstanding individuals who are providing great leadership and making significant contributions to improve and enrich the lives of others. Since 1998, the PBS SoCal Community Advisory Board (CAB) has paid tribute to exemplary leaders who are making a difference and enriching the lives of others by improving our community, region, and the world at large. We look forward to continuing this tradition today by recognizing local heroes who have performed exemplary deeds of service outside of their regular jobs.
Nominations must be received by Saturday, May 31, 2025.
Read more about Local Heroes nominee criteria & eligibility rules, FAQs about the nomination process and submit a nomination at the form below:
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Melissa Demirci is a project manager at an engineering firm and is passionate about empowering and encouraging young women to pursue careers in civil engineering or other STEM-related fields.
Jack Toan works to help his unhoused neighbors and greater community.
Brandon 'Stix' Salaam-Bailey is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter, activist and entrepreneur from Watts who founded the Thinkwatts Foundation.
Jacquelyn Badejo South-Central Los Angeles native whose goal is to empower people in creating a better environment for all.
Becky Dennison works at Venice Community Housing, dedicated to expanding and preserving affordable housing in L.A.’s Westside neighborhoods.
Get to know our 2021 Local Heroes nominees and honorees.
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Meet the local teenager who took on big oil in LA after she says drilling made her communi
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An Islamic school in South LA is determined to renew and restore its neighborhood.
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Alison Suffet Diaz is the Founder of Environmental Charter Schools (ECS).
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Stephen Cue Jn-Marie founded The Row LA – also called “The Church Without Walls.”
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Professor Kelly Lytle Hernandez was chosen for her work promoting social justice.
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Sir Chef Bruno Serato was selected for his humanitarian work feeding hungry children.
