Podcast ep. 108

Marita Cheng AM

Marita is a former Young Australian of the Year. 11 Years on from that award her work improving the lives of others is quite extraordinary.

Marita and her brother were raised by their single mother in housing commission in Cairns. She encouraged education and worked a number of jobs such as a hotel room cleaner and dishwasher to give them every opportunity she could afford.

 Marita is the founder of Robogals and the founder and current CEO of Aubot, a start-up robotics company. She co-founded Aipoly, an app to assist blind people to recognise objects using their mobile phones and was named as one of the World's Top 50 women in Technology by Forbes in 2018 and was recognised on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2016.

On 9 June 2019, Marita was appointed a member of the Order of Australia for significant service to science and technology, particularly to robotics.

Former Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, described her as  a leader; 
an inspiration; a game changer.

 
HEAD to the link in my bio for Marita's podcast episode. 


www.maritacheng.com

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