Her father, Shintaro Okamoto, is the founder of Okamoto Studio. Tzeng was previously a visiting instructor of social impact management at the University of Portland. Her mother, Sophia Tzeng, graduated from Harvard University in 1995 and later Columbia Law School. Okamoto was born in New York City before moving to Portland, Oregon. Her debut book, Period Power: A Manifesto for the Menstrual Movement, was published in October 2018. In 2017, Okamoto launched an unsuccessful bid for a seat on the Cambridge, Massachusetts City Council. Okamoto is also the former Chief Brand Officer of JUV Consulting. The brand also built Ask August, a "judgement-free platform" that "makes it easier for Generation Z to navigate the process of menstruation." In November 2020, Okamoto launched August, a lifestyle period brand, which she co-founded with Nick Jain, the founder of JUV Consulting. later released a report on the allegations that summarized the consequences of the organization's rapid growth and visibility, which noted that Okamoto was working with a transformative justice group on accountability. as Executive Director later that year, she left Period entirely after controversy over alleged misconduct. In January 2020, Okamoto stepped down from Period Inc. Read more about Nadya Peek from the MIT Technology Review here.Nadya Teresa Okamoto (born February 11, 1998) is an American social entrepreneur who is the founder and former executive director of the non-profit organization Period Inc., which distributes menstrual hygiene products and advocates for ending what is known as the tampon tax. Peek joins HCDE Professor Julie Kientz and PhD candidate John Porter as the Department’s prior recipients of the Innovator Under 35 Award. Honorees to the 2020 Innovators Under 35 will be recognized at the EmTech MIT event in October. Peek joined the HCDE faculty in 2018 after completing her PhD at the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms. Her Cardboard Machine Kit has been used by thousands of people worldwide-from children learning about STEAM to chefs making novel food preparation processes-to make hundreds of different machines. Realizing this vision required innovation in machine design, networked controls, and human-machine interaction. She established the Making Machines that Make project, designing modular machine components that could be assembled by non-experts into many different configurations and then directly controlled. To enable fast and accessible machine-building for non-experts, Peek's earlier work developed the concept of object-oriented machine design. According to Peek, this underlines the possibilities and resilience of distributed systems. Tools such as Machine Agency’s open-source tool-changing machine Jubilee make this type of work possible, even when working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using human-centered design and engineering, Peek creates systems that allow domain experts in these areas to use automation without machine design expertise. She is currently working on production systems for digital fabrication in architecture and construction automated experiment generation and execution in chemical engineering and robotic farming of aquatic plants. "Her goal is to give anyone with an idea the means to efficiently translate it into physical reality." – MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW This enables the precision and speed of automation to be broadly used in fields such as low-volume manufacturing, scientific exploration, and creative problem solving. Instead, she develops systems that lower the threshold to deploying precise computer-controlled processes. She co-directs UW DFab and is on the board of the Open Source Hardware Association.Īccording to Peek, automation has traditionally been employed for dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks, requiring large upfront investments in engineering and equipment. Every year, MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 recognizes exceptionally talented young innovators whose work they believe has the greatest potential to transform the world.Īt UW, Peek leads the Machine Agency, where she focuses on harnessing the precision of machines for the creativity of individuals. Nadya Peek, an assistant professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, has received MIT Technology Review's annual TR35 Award.
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