Tiffany Yu Explained

Tiffany Yu
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Georgetown University

Tiffany Yu 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

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

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.

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.

Yu is also the founder of the Disability chapter of Awesome Foundation.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Childhood tragedy leads to a side hustler's inspiring community project. Shenolikar. Sachin. 2016-02-04. The Guardian. 2019-01-28. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  2. Web site: Galic. Bojana. 2017-11-07. Meet the Woman Changing the Way We Talk About Disability. 2021-07-24. Marie Claire. en-US.
  3. Web site: Miranda. Gabriela. 2021-07-02. A chance to 'amplify one another': What is Disability Pride Month?. 2021-07-24. USA TODAY. en-US.
  4. Web site: 2021-07-19. Alumna Continues Advocacy on Campus for Those with Disabilities. 2021-07-24. Georgetown College. en-US.
  5. Web site: What We Do. Diversability. en-US. 2019-01-28. 2019-03-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20190310164035/http://www.mydiversability.com/what-we-do. dead.
  6. Web site: Tiffany Yu Talks REVOLT Media & TV and Diversability. Beck. Molly Ford. Forbes. en. 2019-01-28.
  7. Web site: Meet the Disability Cultural Center Leadership Committee! Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability. longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu. 2019-01-28. 2020-09-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20200928092619/https://longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu/meet-disability-cultural-center-leadership-committee. dead.
  8. Web site: Past Award Winners. National Rehabilitation Association. en-US. 2019-01-28.
  9. Web site: Karaian. Jason. January 21, 2018. Eight things Davos thinks "we need to talk about". 2019-01-28. Quartz. en.
  10. Web site: Authors. 2019-01-28. World Economic Forum.
  11. Web site: Vargas. Chanel. 2021-05-12. "Ending Discrimination Begins With Self-Reflection": Tiffany Yu on Democratizing Visibility. 2021-07-24. POPSUGAR Fitness. en-US.
  12. Web site: Niver. Lisa. 2020-07-03. We Heart: These Seven Feminist Efforts to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 - Ms. Magazine. 2021-07-24. Ms Magazine.
  13. Web site: Hawkinson. Katie. 2021-07-14. Georgetown Launches Endowment to Support Disability Initiatives on Campus. 2021-07-24. The Hoya. en-US.

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