When I think about young people changing American society, I think about Nadya Okamoto. She is a 23 year-old menstrual activist, Harvard grad, and founder of August, a lifestyle brand working to reimagine periods. At 16 she founded PERIOD, the largest youth-run non profit org in women's health (which distributes menstrual hygiene products and advocates for ending what is known as the tampon tax, published a book Period Power: A Manifesto for the Menstrual Movement. She was the youngest Asian American to run for public office in US history. She's in adidas ads with Pharrell, she was on Teen Vogues 21 under 21 list, Forbes 30 under 30, Bloomberg 50 "Ones to Watch", Instyle, Glamour, and and People Magazine's versions of Women Changing the World lists i've never read off a longer intro, and it's not liek you can cut any of that out ….. She's astonishingly accomplished for a person of any age. But Nadya's drive to make a difference is undoubtedly fueled in part by her own trauma (TRIGGER WARNING*), she describes living through homelessness, abuse, and sexual assault.

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<p>When I think about young people changing American society, I think about Nadya Okamoto. She is a 23 year-old menstrual activist, Harvard grad, and founder of August, a lifestyle brand working to reimagine periods. At 16 she founded PERIOD, the largest youth-run non profit org in women's health (which distributes menstrual hygiene products and advocates for ending what is known as the tampon tax, published a book Period Power: A Manifesto for the Menstrual Movement. She was the youngest Asian American to run for public office in US history. She's in adidas ads with Pharrell, she was on Teen Vogues 21 under 21 list, Forbes 30 under 30, Bloomberg 50 "Ones to Watch", Instyle, Glamour, and and People Magazine's versions of Women Changing the World lists i've never read off a longer intro, and it's not liek you can cut any of that out ….. She's astonishingly accomplished for a person of any age. But Nadya's drive to make a difference is undoubtedly fueled in part by her own trauma (TRIGGER WARNING*), she describes living through homelessness, abuse, and sexual assault.</p> <p>Produced by <a href="dearmedia.com">Dear Media.</a></p>

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Period Poverty + Menstrual Equity with Nadya Okamoto

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