Tiffany Yu is the founder and CEO of Diversability, a social enterprise that's rebranding disability through the power of community.

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Tiffany Yu is the founder and CEO of Diversability, an entirely disabled-run and led social enterprise that elevates disability pride. She is a content creator, a three-time TEDx speaker and has been named a TikTok API (Asian and Pacific Islander) Trailblazer and a LinkedIn Top Voice in Disability Advocacy. At the age of nine, Yu became disabled as a result of a car accident that also took the life of her father.

Yu has helped to invest more than $170,000 in disability initiatives through the Awesome Foundation Disability Chapter and the Disability Empowerment Endowed Fund at Georgetown University. She previously served on the San Francisco Mayor's Disability Council and has been featured in Marie Claire, the Guardian and Forbes. She started her career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and also worked at Bloomberg and Sean "Diddy" Combs's REVOLT Media. She earned a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and a master's degree from the London School of Economics.

Tiffany Yu’s TED talk