Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor. If you're not a tennis fan, this might be the first time you've heard her name—but Naomi is a badass.
She was raised by her father to excel at tennis and followed the trajectory of greats like Serena Williams before actually beating Williams in the U.S.
Open in 2018. “I feel like I’m a vessel in order to spread awareness,” she has said of her recent mask-wearing, but she's been vocally supportive of causes like these for a long time.
So what do we know about her family, who have had a profound effect on her? Naomi's parents are Leonard Francois (who hails from Haiti) and Tamaki Osaka (who's from Japan).
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