Rebranding Disability With Tiffany Yu

In this episode of the podcast, Tiffany Yu joins me for a conversation about disability advocacy, economic justice, and collective liberation. She talks openly about how she came to own her personal disability story, and highlights how we can embrace adversity in even the most difficult of circumstances.

Tiffany has been named one of the "100 most influential Asian Americans of 2017," one of "100 visionary leaders," and a "women of influence" honoree. She has been featured in Marie Claire, Forbes, the Guardian, the Ford Foundation, and The Wall Street Journal, and has spoken at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, TEDx, and Harvard.

Tiffany is an incredible spokesperson for inclusion and allyship, and developing pride around disability. In this episode, she shares how her obstacles are the greatest things that have ever happened to her, and how everyone can be an ally for disability justice.

Key takeaways:

Tiffany shares the impetus for becoming such an incredible spokesperson for disability justice
Sharing your story can bring forth collective liberation and collective healing
Why we don’t owe anyone our story, but sharing it allows you to take control of it
We talk about the importance of having a support system
The fine balance between being on the side of grief and gratitude
Economic justice initiatives, and what we can do to support them

Tiffany’s Official Bio:

Tiffany Yu is the CEO & Founder of Diversability, an award-winning social enterprise to elevate disability pride; the Founder of the Awesome Foundation Disability Chapter, a monthly micro-grant that has awarded $59.5k to 60 disability projects in 10 countries; and a content creator with almost 160k+ followers across platforms. She serves on the San Francisco Mayor’s Disability Council and was a 2020 Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Sustainable Development Impact Summit. At the age of 9, Tiffany became disabled as a result of a car accident that also took the life of her father.

She started her career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and has also worked at Bloomberg and Sean Diddy Combs' REVOLT Media & TV. She is a 3x TEDx speaker and spoke on 5 sessions at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. She has been featured in Marie Claire, the Guardian, and Forbes.

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