Maya Penn

Maya Penn (born February 10, 2000) is an American entrepreneur, Philanthropist, animator, artist, and the CEO or re eco-friendly fashion company Mayan ideas .

Penn was born and raised in Atlanta . She started re company in 2008 at the age of 8. [1] She ghosts at the TEDWomen event in San Francisco, welke was streamed live on TED.com. [2]She has done two official TEDTalks and 1 TEDxTalk. [3] Penn is ook een animator and artist, drawing cartoon characters from an early age. She is the creator of an animated series called The Pollinators welke focuses on the belang or bees and other pollinators. She premiered a clip or The Pollinators and Another animated series called Malicious Dishes at TEDWomen 2013. [4]

Penn has made herself known as a supporter and member of One Billion Rising [5] and Girls, Inc. In 2011, she founded re own nonprofit organization, Maya’s Ideas 4 The Planet .

References

  1. Jump up^ “Maya Penn, 11-Year-Old Entrepreneur Designs Eco-Friendly Accessories (VIDEO)” . The Huffington Post .
  2. Jump up^ Maya Penn. “Maya Penn: Meet a young entrepreneur, cartoonist, designer, activist … – Talk Video” . ted.com .
  3. Jump up^ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/maya-penn-teen-entrepreneur-ted-speaker-environmental-activist-author-of-you-got-this/
  4. Jump up^ “The Coolest Black Kid in America, No. 8: Maya Penn” . Ebony .
  5. Jump up^ “Meet Maya Penn, 13-year-old CEO of Maya’s Ideas [INC] – One Billion Rising Revolution” . One Billion Rising Revolution .