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Announcing the 2024 Innovator Awards Recipients
Our fourth year celebrates a record-breaking 33 individuals honored across Northeastern with $500,000 in distributed grants.
Featured Stories
![Best-Selling Author, Visual Storyteller, and Northeastern Graduate Marissa Mullen Built a Global Community Through Cheese](https://womenwhoempower.advancement.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Marissa-Mullen-800x675.png)
Best-Selling Author, Visual Storyteller, and Northeastern Graduate Marissa Mullen Built a Global Community Through Cheese
As a Northeastern student, Mullen never imagined that her love of cheese and charcuterie boards would combine with her studies as a music business major, leading to "That Cheese Plate"—a global community for cheese plate inspiration and recipes.
![Northeastern Law Student Mary DeVega Is Building a New Type of Professional Staffing Agency to Provide Disadvantaged Women with Crucial Workforce Training](https://womenwhoempower.advancement.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Mary-DeVega-1-800x675.png)
Northeastern Law Student Mary DeVega Is Building a New Type of Professional Staffing Agency to Provide Disadvantaged Women with Crucial Workforce Training
DeVega plans to open a staffing agency that will provide women in need with the necessary training and professional development to land a job or further their careers.
![Working With Oncology Patients Inspired Northeastern MBA Graduate Ashley Cummings to Launch Natural Skincare Line](https://womenwhoempower.advancement.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/natural-ASH-1400-1080x675.webp)
Working With Oncology Patients Inspired Northeastern MBA Graduate Ashley Cummings to Launch Natural Skincare Line
Cummings noticed her oncology patients often had dry skin during treatment. From this, the idea for Natural Ash was born: a line of body butters handmade with natural ingredients that would not irritate patients' skin.
Innovator Updates
Best-Selling Author, Visual Storyteller, and Northeastern Graduate Marissa Mullen Built a Global Community Through Cheese
As a Northeastern student, Mullen never imagined that her love of cheese and charcuterie boards would combine with her studies as a music business major, leading to "That Cheese Plate"—a global community for cheese plate inspiration and recipes.
Northeastern Law Student Mary DeVega Is Building a New Type of Professional Staffing Agency to Provide Disadvantaged Women with Crucial Workforce Training
DeVega plans to open a staffing agency that will provide women in need with the necessary training and professional development to land a job or further their careers.
Working With Oncology Patients Inspired Northeastern MBA Graduate Ashley Cummings to Launch Natural Skincare Line
Cummings noticed her oncology patients often had dry skin during treatment. From this, the idea for Natural Ash was born: a line of body butters handmade with natural ingredients that would not irritate patients' skin.
R&D Lab Established by Northeastern College of Science Graduate AJ Addae Champions Skincare Products for Darker Skin Tones
With a background in chemistry, clinical research, and entrepreneurship, Addae works on closing inclusivity gaps in R&D at her B2B innovation lab by creating and testing skincare products for Black-owned beauty brands.
Event Recaps
Empowered Voices: Women Shaping the Future of the Queen City
Empowered Voices: Women Shaping the Future of the Queen CityCharlotte Women Who Empower panelists share pivotal moments in their careers including unforeseen roadblocks turning into opportunities Charlotte women leaders spoke at Northeastern University in Charlotte’s...
Drybar Founder Alli Webb Shares ‘The Messy Truth’ About Life and Business During WISE Summit Kickoff Event
On March 22, 2024, members of the Women’s Interdisciplinary Society of Entrepreneurship (WISE) at Northeastern University celebrated five years of WISE on the eve of the organization's annual Summit.
“We Can Change What This System is Optimized For By Challenging What It Means To Be Beautiful,” Journalist Elise Hu Examines Artificial Beauty Standards During a Powerful Talk
Hu shared observations on emerging digital beauty standards and discussed her book, “Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital” during a Women Who Empower event on the Boston campus, co-hosted with the Mills Institute.
U.S. Ambassador Jane D. Hartley Encourages Northeastern’s Women Who Empower to Speak Their Minds and ‘Not Be Afraid’
Ambassador Hartley spoke at Northeastern University’s London campus as part of “Women Who Empower: Our World,” a global event series celebrating International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month.
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