Tiffany Yu

Tiffany Yu is an entrepreneur and disability rights advocate.

Yu was raised in Bethesda, Maryland and became disabled in a car accident, at the age of 9.[1] 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.[2] After graduation from Georgetown, Yu continued to run Diversability as she worked at companies including Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg, and Revolt (TV network),[3] and in 2016, she won the Guardian's "My Side Hustle Wins" contest for her work with Diversability.[1]

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.[4][5] She serves on the Leadership Committee for the Paul K. Longmore Institute's Disability Cultural Center in San Francisco.[6] She was also awarded the Bell Greve Award from the National Rehabilitation Association in 2015.[7]

References
  1. Shenolikar, Sachin (2016-02-04). "Childhood tragedy leads to a side hustler's inspiring community project". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  2. "What We Do". Diversability. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  3. Beck, Molly Ford. "Tiffany Yu Talks REVOLT Media & TV and Diversability". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  4. Karaian, Jason (January 21, 2018). "Eight things Davos thinks "we need to talk about"". Quartz. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  5. "Authors". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  6. "Meet the Disability Cultural Center Leadership Committee! | Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability". longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  7. "Past Award Winners". National Rehabilitation Association. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
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