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Maya Penn: I've been drawing ever
since I could hold a crayon,

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and I've been making animated flip books

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since I was three years old.

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At that age, I also learned
about what an animator was.

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There was a program on TV about jobs

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most kids don't know about.

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When I understood that an animator

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makes the cartoons I saw on TV,

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I immediately said, "That's what I want to be."

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I don't know if I said it mentally or out loud,

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but that was a greatly defining moment in my life.

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Animation and art has always been my first love.

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It was my love for technology that sparked the idea

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for "Malicious Dishes."

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There was a virus on my computer,

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and I was trying to get rid of it,

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and all of a sudden, I just thought,

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what if viruses have their own
little world inside the computer?

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Maybe a restaurant where they meet up

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and do virusy things?

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And thus, "Malicious Dishes" was born.

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At four years old, my dad showed me

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how to take apart a computer
and put it back together again.

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That started my love for technology.

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I built my first website myself in HTML,

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and I'm learning JavaScript and Python.

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I'm also working on an animated series

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called "The Pollinators."

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It's about bees and other
pollinators in our environment

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and why they're so important.

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If plants aren't pollinated by the pollinators,

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then all creatures, including ourselves,

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that depend on these plants, would starve.

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So I decided to take these cool creatures

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and make a superhero team.

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(Foot stomp)

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(Music)

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(Roar)

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Pollinator: Deforestsaurus! I should have known!

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I need to call on the rest of the Pollinators!

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(Music)

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Thank you. (Applause)

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All of my animations start with ideas,

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but what are ideas?

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Ideas can spark a movement.

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Ideas are opportunities and innovation.

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Ideas truly are what make the world go round.

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If it wasn't for ideas, we wouldn't be

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where we are now with technology, medicine,

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art, culture, and how we even live our lives.

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At eight years old, I took my ideas

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and started my own business called Maya's Ideas,

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and my nonprofit, Maya's Ideas for the Planet.

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(Laughter)

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And I make eco-friendly clothing and accessories.

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I'm 13 now, and although I started my business

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in 2008,

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my artistic journey started way before then.

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I was greatly influenced by art, and I wanted to

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incorporate it in everything I did, even my business.

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I would find different fabrics around the house,

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and say, "This could be a scarf or a hat,"

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and I had all these ideas for designs.

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I noticed when I wore my creations,

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people would stop me and say,

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"Wow, that's really cute. Where can I get one?"

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And I thought, I can start my own business.

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Now I didn't have any business plans

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at only eight years old.

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I only knew I wanted to make pretty creations

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that were safe for the environment

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and I wanted to give back.

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My mom taught me how to sew,

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and on my back porch, I would sit and make

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little headbands out of ribbon,

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and I would write down the names
and the price of each item.

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I started making more items like hats,

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scarves and bags.

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Soon, my items began selling all over the world,

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and I had customers in Denmark, Italy, Australia,

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Canada and more.

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Now, I had a lot to learn about my business,

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like branding and marketing,

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staying engaged with my customers,

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and seeing what sold the most and the least.

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Soon, my business really started to take off.

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Then one day, Forbes magazine 
contacted me when I was 10 years old.

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(Laughter)

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They wanted to feature me and my company

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in their article.

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Now a lot of people ask me,

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why is your business eco-friendly?

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I've had a passion for protecting the environment

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and its creatures since I was little.

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My parents taught me at an early age

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about giving back and being a
good steward to the environment.

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I heard about how the dyes in some clothing

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or the process of even making the items

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was harmful to the people and the planet,

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so I started doing my own research,

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and I discovered that even
after dyeing has being completed,

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there is a waste issue that gives a negative impact

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on the environment.

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For example, the grinding of materials,

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or the dumping of dried powder materials.

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These actions can pollute the air,

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making it toxic to anyone or anything that inhales it.

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So when I started my business,

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I knew two things:

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All of my items had to be eco-friendly,

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and 10 to 20 percent of the profits I made

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went to local and global charities

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and environmental organizations.

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I feel I'm part of the new wave of entrepreneurs

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that not only seeks to have a successful business,

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but also a sustainable future.

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I feel that I can meet the needs of my customers

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without compromising the
ability of future generations

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to live in a greener tomorrow.

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We live in a big, diverse and beautiful world,

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and that makes me even more passionate to save it.

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But it's never enough to just
to get it through your heads

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about the things that are happening in our world.

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It takes to get it through your hearts,

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because when you get it through your heart,

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that is when movements are sparked.

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That is when opportunities

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and innovation are created,

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and that is why ideas come to life.

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Thank you, and peace and blessings.

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Thank you. (Applause)

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Pat Mitchell: So, you heard Maya talk about

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the amazing parents who are behind

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this incredible woman. Where are they?

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Please, Mr. and Mrs. Penn. Would you just -- Ah!

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