artist – Kokutangaza https://kokutangaza.com Learning Together Tue, 05 Apr 2016 13:02:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://kokutangaza.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-Kokutangaza-logo-206px-1-32x32.jpg artist – Kokutangaza https://kokutangaza.com 32 32 A Successful Teenage Entrepreneur, Artist and Philanthropist named Maya Penn https://kokutangaza.com/a-successful-teenage-entrepreneur-artist-and-philanthropist-named-maya-penn-2/ https://kokutangaza.com/a-successful-teenage-entrepreneur-artist-and-philanthropist-named-maya-penn-2/#respond Tue, 05 Apr 2016 13:02:26 +0000 http://kokutangaza.com/?p=4884 Maya Penn (born February 10, 2000) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, animator, artist, and the CEO of her eco-friendly fashion company Maya’s Ideas.

Penn was born and raised in Atlanta. She started her company in 2008 at the age of 8.[1] She spoke at the TEDTalk at TEDWomen 2013 in San Francisco, which was streamed live on TED.com.[2] She has done 2 official TEDTalks and 1 TEDxTalk.[citation needed] Penn is also an animator and artist, drawing cartoon characters from an early age. She is the creator of an animated series called The Pollinators which focuses on the importance of bees and other pollinators. She premiered a clip of The Pollinators and another animated series called Malicious Dishes at TEDWomen 2013.[3]

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

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