Elizabeth Nyamwange
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| Elizabeth Nyamwange | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 18, 2006 Byron, Illinois, United States |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Kenyan-American |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Research, Development of a digital identification device for women, Gender Activism |
| 🌐 Website | https://elizabethnyamwange.com |
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Elizabeth Nyamwange (born 18 February 2006) is an inventor, developer, researcher, and activist. Elizabeth is most commonly known for her work in the gender equality sector, and the invention of a device that uses blockchain technology to provide women in low-infrastructure environments with identification.
Early life[edit]
She currently lives in Byron, Illinois where she attends the Illinois Math and Science Academy[1]. She has one sister and two brothers.
Career[edit]
Elizabeth started attending the Illinois Math and Science Academy at 14 years old. She started learning how to program at 15 years old, and became interested in the intersectional of computer science and sociology. In 2021, she started the development of a Etana[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9], a device that uses blockchain technology to provide women in low-infrastructure environments with identification. Additionally, Elizabeth has completed research[10] at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine, and Harvard Medical School in the fields of epidemiology, computer science, and sociology.
Elizabeth is an activist for gender equality, serving as a youth advisor for the United Nations on gender and as founder of a girls education nonprofit. She has spoken at Capitol Hill[11][12], the 77th United States General Assembly the US Chamber Foundations Women's day forum on gender equality and the girl child[13].
Awards & Honors[edit]
In 2022, Elizabeth was awarded the National Center for Women & Information Technology Aspirations in Computing (AiC)[14], the Pozen Social Innovation Prize, HP Girls Save the World Prize, MIT Solv[ed] Youth Prize, was a 2022 Global Teen Leader, UNGA 77 Delegate and Speaker, Youth Innovator of the Year and an Research Science Institute Scholar[15]. .
References[edit]
- ↑ Bigger, Jean. "Elizabeth Nyamwange IMSA Portfolio". bepress.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ↑ "Etana". etana.us. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ↑ Flatow, Ira. "A Teen Inventor Builds A Fingerprint Scanner for Gender Equity". sciencefriday.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ↑ Clancey, Heather. "The Girl Who'd Like to Help Women Get an ID". heatherclancy.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ↑ Choi, Tyler. "Teen takes top 10 spot in MIT program with biometric inclusive ID project". biometricupdate.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ↑ Schildhouse, Jill. "Meet the Winner of HP's Girls Save the World Challenge". www.wifr.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ↑ Berglund, Marta. "Byron native's invention earns MIT Solve accolade". wifr.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ↑ Winston, Andrew. "Meet the Girls Who Are Saving the World". csrwire.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ↑ Zoellner, Alexa. "Byron teen wins MIT competition, nets $36k in funding for social impact innovation project". shawlocal.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ↑ Bigger, Jean. "Using agent-based computational modeling to stimulate the mechanic stress responses of specific communities". imsa.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ↑ "The LEAD Act". savethechildren.org. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ↑ "Girls Are Leading the Girls Lead Act". savethechildren.org. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ↑ "International Women's Day Forum". uschamber.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ↑ Parent, Elizabeth. "FOUR HUNDRED U.S. HIGH SCHOOL WOMEN ARE RECOGNIZED FOR TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENTS". aspirations.org. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ↑ CEE, MIT. "2022 Rickloids". cee.org. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
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