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Very surreal to be profiled in Forbes It was such a pleasure to bring journalist Monica Sanders, Maika Nakaoka, and Pedro Yoshi Torres, out to our pilot sites on Governors Island last month as we reflected on what it took to bring Cycleau to this point. I truly owe so much of this project’s success to the SWAROVSKI Foundation’s Creatives for Our Future program, which was created to serve as an enabling force for young people with creative ideas — many of whom don’t realize their own potential. Two years ago, I was a broke college student with an idea that most of those around me thought was interesting, but definitely not something I could take on. Maika Nakaoka, Jakhya Rahman-Corey, and the team at the Swarovski Foundation were that one “yes” in a world of no’s, from my program application to later periods where I felt real imposter syndrome as a young female designer working in wastewater management 🙃 As we move forward, I’m excited to continue supporting the Creatives for Our Futures program as it serves as a catalyst for bright young designers to bring their sustainable design interventions to life. To that end, I’m honored to share that I’m beginning a new role as the SWAROVSKI Foundation’s Youth Representative to the United Nations, through which I hope to expand awareness of the program and the role that young designers can play in mitigating the climate crisis. Read more on the journey it took to develop Cycleau, and the Creatives for Our Future program, on Forbes: https://lnkd.in/eqBdcPVH