Using Your Privilege As A Tool For Social Justice with Max Tuchman

Hello listeners, this week we have a conversation with Max Tuchman!

Maxeme (Max) Tuchman is the CEO and Co-Founder of Caribu, the leading ‘educational family entertainment platform’ for kids ages 0-13 to have a virtual playdate with family and friends when they can’t be physically together. Caribu is one of TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions, made Fast Company’s list of World Changing Ideas, was named one of the ‘Top Ten EdTech Companies to Watch’ in Forbes, and became one of the most innovative startups in the world by winning the 1776 Global Challenge Cup. Max was named one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Female Founders in 2019, has been the winner or finalist in 30+ pitch competitions, is the 59th Latina in the US to raise over $1M in venture funding, and is the first Latinx founder, male or female, to raise $1M in Equity Crowdfunding.She has worked in almost every level of education from being a public school teacher, a consultant at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Executive Director of Teach For America, and managed strategic education projects under NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and DC Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee. Before co-founding Caribu, Max was appointed by President Obama to serve as a White House Fellow at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. She is a first-generation Cuban-American and college student, and a graduate of the Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs and the Miami Fellows Leadership Program. Max is a Toyota Mother of Invention and received her MBA & MPP from Harvard.

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During our conversation we covered:

• Her experience as a “Jewban” (Jewish-Cuban American
• Living in the hyphen
• Acknowledging your light skin privilege
• Her story about college that changed her life
• Going to Harvard Business School and why she chose that school
• Being confident that you deserve to get into the college you want, like Harvard
• Being the 59th Latina that raises $1M in funding

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