Dawson co-founded both Voto Latino, a civic engagement organization focused on educating and empowering a new generation of Latinx voters, and Studio One Eighty Nine, a lifestyle artisan forward brand produced in Ghana celebrating African heritage. An outspoken activist for various causes, Dawson sits on the boards of V-Day, DAY, Cann, the Jane Fonda Climate PAC, the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, and most recently founded the Rio Dawn Foundation. She was last seen in the title role of Ahsoka and Common Ground, a regenerative farming documentary championing our precious soil.