2024 Innovator Award Winner Hayley Oleksiak | Open Space Sandbox
With Open Space Sandbox, Hayley Oleksiak is empowering citizens to build out their own vision for green spaces in their communities.
Sep 5, 2024
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Double Husky Kadesh Simms Conroy Innovates with Wishing Well, a Community-Centric Finance App for Social Empowerment
Wishing Well is a peer-to-peer payment digital wallet that allows users to hold and save their money together as a group in individual “wells” and to use that money to support community goals, individual expenses and...
Northeastern Graduate Becky Mashàido is Revolutionizing the Beauty Industry with AI-Powered Solutions for Women of Color
Mashàido’s business venture, KiAsili Naturals, is using science and artificial intelligence to reimagine the future of an inclusive beauty industry.
This Northeastern Graduate is Using Her Music Industry Experience to Encourage Young People to Vote
2021 Innovator Awards recipient Emily White started #iVoted to increase young voter turnout. The venture, which grants concert access to fans that show a selfie demonstrating their civic engagement, raised the 2020 election turnout an estimated 7.2% relative to...
What Is It Like Starting Your Own Publication? Northeastern Graduate Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Fashion Wellness Magazine Terms and Conditions
Kat Tse (Cheuk Yan) and her editorial team recently celebrated the first anniversary of her magazine Terms and Conditions. She credits her team with a lot of her success, as well as the guidance she received at...
Award-Winning Northeastern Graduate and Entrepreneur is Transforming Business Storytelling with Art and Technology
Calypso Newman, who founded the art communications agency Rock Badger, was recognized as part of Northeastern’s 2024 Women Who Empower Innovator Awards.
This Northeastern Graduate is Pioneering Women’s Leadership in Boston’s Real Estate Development
Kaitlin McCarthy, a 2009 Northeastern graduate, is the founder of one of the first women-owned real estate development firms in Boston.
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...
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.