Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Hosts World's Top Student Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship Teachers
Sara Blakely, Founder of Spanx, to Attend NFTE Global Showcase Honoring Young Entrepreneurs From 18 US Communities and 11 Countries
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NEW YORK, March 23, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Outstanding young entrepreneurs and teachers from around the world will be honored March 25 in New York City at the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship's (NFTE) Global Showcase. Sara Blakely, one of the nation's best known and most successful entrepreneurs, will speak with students at the evening event.
"It is a great privilege to showcase these exceptional entrepreneurship students and teachers," said Shawn Osborne, President and CEO of NFTE. "They really are the future of global innovation, financial inclusion and prosperity and we're delighted they could join us in New York and share their talents and stories."
In total, the NFTE Global Showcase, presented by MasterCard, will feature student and teacher delegations from 29 locations around the world (list below) including India, China, Mexico, Ireland, Israel and Colombia as well as more than a dozen U.S. communities from San Francisco to Miami. The Showcase will give the students an opportunity to display and sell their business products to attendees. Students invited to the Showcase will be recognized as Global Young Entrepreneurs and the most outstanding teacher in each participating region will receive the Global Enterprising Educator Award.
The NFTE Global Showcase, Presented by MasterCard will take place:
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 7:00pmGotham Hall – 1356 BroadwayNew York City
Before the event, students will participate in a Day of Learning, also sponsored by MasterCard, in which students will learn about branding and brand identity and participate in activities with leaders from MasterCard, Twitter and Google. The Day of Learning will take place:
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 between 8:00am and 1:00pmVanderbilt Room, Roosevelt Hotel - 45 E 45th StreetNew York City
"Our work with NFTE is just one way we can help inspire and support future generations of business leaders in taking their first strides into the formal economy," said Raja Rajamannar, Chief Marketing Officer, MasterCard, who will also speak at the Showcase. "At MasterCard, we invest time, effort and resources to create programs and solutions that fuel the spirit of entrepreneurship in an inclusive manner across the globe."
At the evening Showcase, students will be able to pose questions to Sara Blakely. Blakely founded Spanx with her personal savings in 2000, was named the world's youngest, self-made female billionaire by Forbes Magazine and one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People. Since launching the Sara Blakely Foundation in late 2006, Sara and Spanx have donated roughly $24 million to The Spanx by Sara Blakely Foundation that supports education and entrepreneurship among women.
Here are the student entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship teachers being honored at the NFTE Global Showcase, listed alphabetically by location:
United States:
Baltimore: Cyprian Ekeagwu will showcase: Green Tech – A radio controlled educational hovercraft toy built from recyclable materials Educator: Karl Sanzenbacher, Roland Park Elementary Middle School
Boston/New England: Carlos Perez will showcase: Perez Technology Group – A cloud-based IT consulting companyEducator: Jill McNamara, Lowell High School
Chicago: Terrence Thompson will showcase: Project Lens Chicago – Employs high school students in the film-creation process Educator: Danny Gray, Thornwood High School
Cleveland: Jailynn McGill will showcase: Bedda – A natural, organic, handmade bath and body product for all skin typesEducator: Tamie Carlisle, John F. Kennedy High School
Dallas/North Texas: Hannah Edwards will showcase: The Green Tee – A 100% biodegradable golf tee made of fertilizer Educator: Stephen Thomas, Greiner Middle School
DC Region: Abigail Hamilton will showcase: Patriot Portraits – Photographs military families at monthly photography eventsEducator: Egheosa Igbinoba, Calvin Coolidge Senior High School
Fresno: Kelsey Hershey will showcase: Poppy's Jam – An organic all natural strawberry jam made with fresh ingredients from local central valley farmersEducator: Linda Jean Voth, Roosevelt High School
Georgia: Diana Morales will showcase: Natural Glow (Brillo Natural) – Organic beauty productsEducator: Michael Green, Cross Keys High School
Kansas: Abisai Reyes will showcase: CleanCo – Offers office cleaning/janitorial services Educator: Brandon Reith, Wichita High School East
Los Angeles: Uriel Miramontes will showcase: Uriel's Photography – A photography businessEducator: Timothy Dura, Hawthorne Math and Science Academy
Miami/South Florida: Everette Slocum will showcase: Little Brown Box Works – Mobile applications Educator: Michael Brennan, Nova Middle School
NYC Metro: Adeleny Minaya will showcase: adelenyPOPS – High quality natural and unique flavors for cake pops Educator: Clarence Tennell, Business of Sports School
New York, Westchester/CT (Fairchester): Ambar Romero will showcase: Styles by Ambar – Fashionably recycles women's clothing with a philanthropic focus on organizations that support and help womenEducator: Steven Mulqueen, Lincoln High School
Philadelphia: Patrick Bampfield will showcase: Vocab Commander – App that provides SAT and ACT vocabulary practice Educator: Angie Cooper-Parham, Lincoln High School
Pittsburgh: Ivonna Moore will showcase: Affection Connection Blankets – Children's blanketsEducator: Kurt Mahan, Brownsville Area High School
San Francisco Bay Area: Timothy Perez will showcase: TP Designs – Professional website design for educators, non-profits and small businessesEducator: Tara Coburn, Oak Grove High School
St. Louis: Jordan Harden will showcase: Neostring – A shoestring that eliminates the need to retie shoesEducator: Raghib Muhammad, McCluer South-Berkeley High School
South Carolina/YEScarolina: George Dowis will showcase: Wimbees – Small, beaded, insect-like art pieces Educator: Jennifer Molnar, Fort Mill High School
International:
Australia: Dakota Baker and Jay McLean will showcase: Baldja Moort – An aboriginal traditional dance group
Belgium: Mathias Mornie and Filiep Reynaert will showcase: Fisherman's Paradise – A specialty store catering to fishermen/womenEducator: Sibylle Humblet, YouthStart
China: Yulian Wang will showcase: Tofu Family – Providing colorful, nutritious, different flavor of tofu
China: Lulu Zhang will showcase: Maya Digital Technology Co., Ltd. – Mobile phone game; HTML 5
China: Tao Zhang will showcase: China Shanghai Protective Equipment Co. Ltd. – protective equipmentEducator: Lizhen Yu, Urban and rural construction school
Colombia: Isabella Agudelo Marin and Yeny Pinzon Mora will showcase: Productos Orgánicos – Fertilizer produced from banana debris leachateEducator: Nohora Helena Jaramillo, Institución Educativa BOLIVARIANO
Germany: Ashley Twumasi will showcase: FromNorthToWest (FNTW) – Sportswear, dancing trousersEducator: Dr.Jochen Blaha, Geschwister-Scholl-Schule Niddatal
India: Educator: Anantha Kumar Jambur, Bangalore University
Ireland: Clara Hewston will showcase: Look 2 Cook – A variety of cookery books to help all children to learn to bake using only pictures, no wordsEducator: Ailbe Coleman, Ballincollig Garda Youth Diversion Project
Israel: Avi Aharon, Maor Aharon, Nisim Fahima and Avi Hezkayev will showcase: Find It - a radio wave sticker for finding everyday objects Educator: Marwa Maklada, Art Technology Daliat el Karmel
Mexico: Daniel Navarro Pérez will showcase: Heaven's Riders – Games for mobile devicesEducator: Diana Franco Pérez, University La Salle
Singapore: Jiang Hoe "Xavier" Tan will showcase: Café on Wheels – A mobile café that moves around Singapore housed on a double decker busEducator: Mohammad Shahril Bin Jumat, Evergreen Secondary School
United Kingdom: Anastasia Enyioma, Hannah Ali, Abishna Vamadevan and Jada Walters will showcase: AJJA Ltd. - App which encourages healthy cooking and reduces food wasteEducator: Tracey Scarsbrook, Norbury Manor Business and Entreprise College
Editor's Notes: Photos of the students and teachers are available. The morning Day of Learning event will be more TV and photograph friendly.
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The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship Since 1987, the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) has taught and inspired more than 500,000 young people to pursue educational opportunities, start their own businesses, and succeed in life. By providing entrepreneurship education programs relevant to the real world, NFTE empowers students to own their education and future success. NFTE has programs run through 17 U.S. program offices and in 9 countries. To learn more visit www.nfte.com, like us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/NFTE and follow us on Twitter at @NFTE
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