Tiffany Yu
Tiffany Yu | |
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| File:Tiffany Yu, Founder of Diversability, at A Day in the Life of a Refugee, Davos 2018.jpg Tiffany Yu (2018) | |
| Born | 1988 (age 37–38) |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
Tiffany Yu (born 1988) is an American entrepreneur and disability rights advocate who founded Diversability, which is a social enterprise to advocate for equality for people with disabilities.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Yu was raised in Bethesda, Maryland. At age nine, she became disabled in a car accident that left her with a permanent brachial plexus injury.[1][2] The accident also resulted in the death of her father. As a result of the accident, Yu developed post-traumatic stress disorder.[3]
Yu graduated from Georgetown College at Georgetown University in 2010.[4]
Activism
[edit | edit source]In 2009, while studying at Georgetown University, Yu founded Diversability, a social enterprise whose mission is to change the stigma surrounding disabilities and create community.[5] After graduation from Georgetown, Yu continued to run Diversability as she worked at companies including Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg, and Revolt (TV network),[6] and in 2016, she won the Guardian's "My Side Hustle Wins" contest for her work with Diversability.[1]
Yu serves on the Leadership Committee for the Paul K. Longmore Institute's Disability Cultural Center in San Francisco.[7] She was also awarded the Bell Greve Award from the National Rehabilitation Association in 2015.[8] Yu was a speaker at the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos as part of the "We Need to Talk About" series and named a World Economic Forum Global Shaper.[9][10] She is also a three-time TEDx speaker.[11]
Yu was the 2019 California Miss Amazing Queen.[12] In 2021, she donated $50,000 to Georgetown University to launch an endowment fund for disability inclusion-related initiatives and disability advocacy.[13] Yu also engages in social media activism on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram.[11] Yu is also the founder of the Disability chapter of Awesome Foundation.[12]
In 2024, Yu's first book, The Anti-Ableist Manifesto:Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World was published by Hachette Go.[14]
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External links
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