Maya Penn
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About
Keynote speaker, global activist, filmmaker, social entrepreneur, Simon & Schuster author, and the founder and CEO of eco-fashion brand Maya's Ideas. Her Instagram account mayasideas has gained 80,000 followers.
Before Fame
At the age of 8, she became one of the youngest leaders in sustainability and environmental justice. She was featured in Forbes magazine at 10 years old and has since been featured in Huffington Post, Business Insider, Entrepreneur Magazine, The View, CNN, CBS This Morning with Gayle King, O Magazine, Ebony, The Steve Harvey Show, and VICE.
Trivia
In 2016, she was named to Oprah's SuperSoul 100 list of visionaries and influential leaders and published her book "You Got This!" That same year she was awarded the 2016 Coretta Scott King A.N.G.E.L. Award, as well as honored at the SCLC Drum Major for Justice Awards.
Family Life
She was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia.
Associated With
In 2023, she was on the cover of Vogue alongside Billie Eilish.
