Headshot of Tiffany wearing a black leather jacket leaning on a counter.

Hi, I’m Tiffany.

I’m on a mission to increase intersectional disability representation and democratize visibility.

I’m building and funding the things I wish existed when I was younger.

My values in action: learning, honesty, justice, creativity, leadership

Fun fact: I’m on Wikipedia!

Speaker.


Content creator.


Social impact entrepreneur.


Diversity & inclusion community builder.


Inclusion & empowerment advocate.


And your biggest fan.

I am a multi-hyphenate disability advocate, entrepreneur, and content creator.

  • CEO & Founder of Diversability (community business of 80k+ on a mission to elevate disability pride, build disability power, and advance disability leadership)

  • Founder of the Awesome Foundation Disability Chapter (monthly micro-grants for disability projects, $77.5k granted to 78 projects in 10 countries) and creator of the Disability Empowerment Endowed Fund

  • Host of TIFFANY & YU (the social impact podcast)

  • Content creator (200k+ followers), creator of The Anti-Ableism Series (5M+ views)

  • San Francisco Mayor’s Disability Council (2019-2022), appointed by San Francisco Mayor London Breed in 2019.

My first book, The Anti-Ableist Manifesto, will be published by Hachette Go in 2024. I was a Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Sustainable Development Impact Summit in 2020 and served on the Leadership Committee for San Francisco’s future Disability Cultural & Community Center (the first municipally-funded Disability Cultural Center in the country). In 2017, I was featured on a Dutch national television series in conversation with Harvard Professor Michael Sandel.

I’ve been named to the Well+Good Changemakers list, a LinkedIn Top Voice in Disability Advocacy, and a TikTok Asian & Pacific Islander (API) Trailblazer. I've been featured in Marie Claire, Forbes, the Guardian, the Ford Foundation, and The Wall Street Journal, and have spoken at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, TEDx, and Harvard. You can find my writing in the World Economic Forum, Business Insider, Fortune, and Levo League.

My previous experience is in web development, corporate finance and corporate development, recruiting, business journalism, and community management. Previously, I served as an Advisor to an international venture capital firm and worked at Bloomberg and venture-backed startups in real estate and music. I started my career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, where I was ranked in the top of my peer group and worked on over $14 billion of announced transactions.

I graduated with honors from Georgetown University, received my Master's degree from the London School of Economics, and currently live in Los Angeles, California.