Selena Gomez Helps Introduce Program To Promote Inclusivity In Hollywood

Selena Gomez's steady transition back into the Hollywood limelight has arrived with a handful of youth advocacy.

Shortly after after making an appearance at WE Day, the pop titan took to The Hollywood Reporter's Empowerment in Entertainment event on Tuesday (April 30) at Milk Studios in Los Angeles to unveil the 20 students selected as part of the inaugural class of the Young Executives Fellowship. During her introductory speech, Gomez revealed that the program came about when lead representatives from The Hollywood Reporter, WME and Amazon Studios came together to question the level of diversity in Hollywood.

"That's when The Hollywood Reporter decided to launch a new program to open doors for some of the best and brightest young women and men who might never imagine a career in Hollywood and help them reach the top," she explained at the podium. The Young Executives Fellowship will offer high school juniors the opportunity to participate in a two-year program, kicking off with a three-week summer course at USC film school. Their junior and senior year will consist of individual mentors, SAT tutoring, a boot camp run by Emerson College and paid summer internships.

The Young Executives Fellowship program exists, courtesy of six top media big-wigs, including Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles, Compton and Inglewood school districts and three universities: Emerson College, Howard University and USC. 

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