In 2010, she shook the world when, as a U.S. Army soldier, she leaked 750,000 classified documents to WikiLeaks, exposing her government's international abuses of democracy. She spent seven years in prison under harsh conditions, including being confined for 23 hours a day, until Barack Obama pardoned her at the end of his presidency. She currently works as a digital activist, and wearing this hat, she visited Barcelona for the Mozilla Festival this past weekend.