Zoe Oli, 12-Year-Old CEO of Beautiful Curly Me

Name: Zoe Oli, 12-Year-Old CEO of Beautiful Curly Me
Start: 2024-11-09T14:30:00-05:00
Location: Miller Nichols Library

Schedule

Sat Nov 09 2024 at 02:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Miller Nichols Library | Kansas City, MO

Join The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures for a one-of-a-kind, uplifting afternoon with Zoe Oli, 12-year-old CEO of Beautiful Curly Me.
Beautiful Curly Me is an Atlanta-based Toy and Media company on a mission to instill and inspire confidence in young girls. Along with a line of beautiful black dolls and empowering puzzles, Zoe is also the author of several children’s books.
Zoe has been featured on various platforms including Good Morning America, Black Enterprise, Forbes, and The Kelly Clarkson Show. She is a Time & Nickelodeon Kid of the Year Finalist and the world’s youngest black TEDx speaker.
An 8th grader who loves reading, art and all things STEM, Zoe has made it her mission to give back and for every doll purchased on beautifulcurlyme.com, one is donated to a young girl in need.
Zoe speaks regularly at conferences, schools and corporate events. She is passionate about inspiring young people to dream big and pursue their goals and recently co-founded Youth Mean Business, a growth accelerator for Youth Entrepreneurs (ages 11-17).
Event Program:
-Talk with Zoe Oli: 1:30PM
-Book/doll sale and signing at The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures: 3:00-4:00PM
This program is a part of the "Portraits of Childhood: Black Dolls from the Collection of Deborah Neff" event series and is supported by The City of Kansas City, Missouri Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund; the Hall Family Foundation; and the UMKC Women's Center.