Jaylen Brown

Jaylen Brown is a professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one year of college basketball for the California Golden Bears, being named first-team all-conference and Freshman of the Year in the Pac-12 Conference.

Declaring for the 2016 NBA draft after his freshman season, Brown was selected by the Celtics with the third overall pick. As a professional, he has split his time between shooting guard and small forward. Brown is a two-time NBA All-Star, and he helped the Celtics reach the 2022 NBA Finals. At the age of 22, Brown became the National Basketball Players Association's youngest elected vice president.

In recent years, Brown has spoken on the importance of education and technology at Harvard University, the University of California, Berkeley, and MIT. In 2019, he was named an MIT Media Lab fellow and has since collaborated with the university to create the Bridge Program, which mentors Greater Boston youth and high school students of color, who are interested in pursuing careers in STEM programs. Through his work with MIT and his 7uice Foundation, Brown has taken a strong interest in tackling education and income inequality, among other social advocacy initiatives.

He was named to Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 Local-Boston list in 2023.