Lennon Torres

Lennon Torres is a leader at the Heat Initiative, where she supports campaigns confronting online child sexual abuse and exploitation. She forces powerful tech companies to reckon with the harm their platforms enable. Working closely with survivors and families, she brings a trauma‑informed, trust‑centered approach to public storytelling that drives accountability and systemic change. A trans advocate, former child star, and founding partner of The Attention Studio, Lennon’s work is rooted in lived experience, having grown up in media systems that profit from young people’s visibility and later walking away from a following of over 350,000 as an influencer. Her writing and advocacy, featured in The Atlantic and Mashable, center dignity, safety, and the urgent need for more humane digital spaces.