Nadya O.

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Nadya Okamoto is the co-Founder of August, a lifestyle period brand working to reimagine…

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  • Inc Magazine's Female Founders 250

    Inc Magazine

    In recognition of building out the Tampon Tax Back coalition to fight the unjust sales tax on period care. August is a DTC brand now available online and at select Target stores, and on a mission to provide better period care that is TAX FREE, even when purchased in retail stores.

  • Forbes 30 under 30 - Leadership

    Forbes

    When Nadya Okamoto started her career as a menstrual care advocate, she never intended to run a consumer packaged goods company one day.

  • Beauty Inc Impact Awards:

    Beauty Inc - Womens Wear Daily

    Purposeful Initiative of the Year: The Tampon Tax Back Coalition In 21 states across the U.S., menstrual care products are taxed as though they are luxury items. Nadya Okamoto, founder of the period care brand August, has been fighting the tax since her brand’s inception, and this year, she gathered seven like-minded brands to join her, ...

  • Changemakers 2023

    Glossy 50 2023

    The Glossy 50 celebrates individual changemakers. They include executives who took their companies into new, competitive categories, industry newcomers who disrupted age-old processes, dealmakers who led groundbreaking partnerships and creatives whose work managed to cut through the noise.

  • Women Changing the World 2020

    People Magazine

    "We salute PEOPLE'S 2020 list of Women Changing the World - ten extraordinary heroes who are improving the planet through science, sports, business and more."

  • HuffPost Culture Shifters 2020

    Huffington Post

    https://www.huffpost.com/feature/culture-shifters

  • Bloomberg 50 "Ones to Watch"

    Bloomberg

    https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2019-bloomberg-50/

  • Forbes 30 Under 30 - law and policy

    Forbes

    https://www.forbes.com/profile/nadya-okamoto/

  • Goodnewspaper's 2019 Helpers

    Goonewspaper

    One of 19 of the Goodnewspaper's 2019 Helpers. https://www.instagram.com/goodgoodgoodco/

  • Distinguished Young Alumni Award

    Catlin Gabel High School

  • Summit Senior Fellowship

    Summit - https://summit.co/

  • Wonder Women Award

    Massachusetts National Organization of Women

  • Women's Legacy Award - Lifetime Achievement

    Working Mother Media

  • InStyle Magazine’s “The Badass 50: Meet the Women Who Are Changing the World”

    InStyle Magazine

    Nadya was named to InStyle Magazine’s “The Badass 50: Meet the Women Who Are Changing the World” list, along with Michelle Obama, Ariana Grande, and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.

    https://www.instyle.com/celebrity/badass-50-women-february

  • Summit Fellowship

    Summit - https://summit.co/

  • Marriott International - Love Travels Grantee

    Marriott International

  • Teen Vogue 21 under 21 - 2017

    Teen Vogue

    Video feature with Hillary Clinton: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/hillary-clinton-21-under-21-cover-story-volume-4-equality-feminism

    List of 2017 Teen Vogue 21 under 21: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/21-under-21-2017

    Also featured in both Volume 4 and 5 of Teen Vogue for 2017. As part of this honor, Nadya was surprised with a $25,000 USD grant from the TOMS Foundation to continue her work with PERIOD.

  • Next Generation Woman Leader

    McKinsey & Company

  • Vital Voices Lead Fellowship (Sponsored by POND'S)

    Vital Voices Global Partnership

  • National Leadership Academy Fellow

    Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies

  • Global Teen Leader

    We Are Family Foundation

  • HERLead Ambassador

    Vital Voices (HERlead program, partnership with ANN Inc.)

  • Game Changer Award

    Oregon Entrepreneur's Network

  • L'Oreal Women of Worth

    L'Oreal Paris

  • 22 Under 22

    Her Campus

  • Junior Citizen of the Year

    Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association

  • Odd Fellows Laptop Award for Community Service

    Independent Order of Odd Fellows

  • Gates Millenium Scholarship

    Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

  • Coca-Cola Scholar

    Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation

  • Pitch Fest Winner

    Portland State University: Impact Entrepeneurs

  • President's Volunteer Service Award

    The President of the United States

  • MOST VALUABLE SCHOLAR (TOP AWARD), Top 20 Most Valuable Student Scholar, National Finalist, 1st Place in Beaverton, 2nd Place in Districts

    Elks National Foundation

  • Platinum Chapter; Outstanding Achievement in Global Citizenship

    She's the First

    Awarded for community service engagement and leadership of Equality Enforcer's work to support women and girl's access to education.

  • Lead Activist

    National Youth Leadership Council

  • Hasbro Community Action Hero Award

    Hasbro & GenerationOn

  • Disney Friends for Change

    Youth Service American & Disney

  • President’s Volunteer Service Award

    The President of the United States

  • ANNpower Fellow and Grantee

    Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards

    2014 and 2015 Fellow and Grantee

  • PEOPLE's Women Changing the World 2020

    People

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