Maya Penn

Acting

Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia

Maya Penn is an award-winning storyteller, history making animator, artist, filmmaker, writer, Simon & Schuster author, and 3 time TED Speaker. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Toon Boom, Adobe, Huffington Post, Refinery29, CBS With Gayle King, Essence, Business Insider, NPR, Essence, The View TIME, O Magazine, The Steve Harvey Show, VICE, Wired, and more. She has been chosen by Oprah Winfrey as her youngest Supersoul 100 entrepreneur and change maker. She is also the founder of Upenndo! Productions.