In 2015, Tanya Menendez was included in Forbes’ 30 Under 30. She has also been named one of Business Insider’s “Coolest People in Tech” and listed in PopMechanic’s “25 Makers Who Are Reinventing the American Dream.”

After experiencing the pains of an outdated sourcing process as co-owner of a leather goods line, all produced in New York City, Tanya had the idea to create a platform where entrepreneurs could connect with U.S. manufacturers.

The platform grew to become Maker’s Row, which has been helping more than 150,000 businesses get their projects produced in America since 2013.

Tanya studied technology and its socioeconomic impacts on rural economies at the University of California San Diego. Tanya’s research, “The Economics of Migration” was published by the University of California.

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