On 13 May, I was named the InStyle/ AUDI Style Scholarship recipient. Here’s my spread in InStyle magazine. Thank you to AUDI and InStyle magazine for supporting the initiative.
Congratulations to the other two talented finalists. Sarah Liu who is building a platform to connect women with mentors, and Miranda Nation, who is directing a film about a woman and her relationship with her mother. Here is a photo we took together.
Forbes named me a world's top 50 woman in tech & 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals and Aipoly and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company Aubot. I'm the youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and I give speeches around the world.
I tweet @maritacheng and I'm on Facebook.
During my time at Robogals, towards the end of every year, I would lose focus. Why? All my major projects for the year would have been wound up. My...
On 14 July 2008, I founded Robogals. At the Robogals 10-year anniversary gala in Melbourne, I gave a speech alongside Mark Parncutt, co-founder of...
Why are people so critical when young people start non-profits? Time and time again, I hear people say, "there are enough non-profits out there....
I was invited to speak at the Pebble Beach Authors & Ideas Festival (PBAIF) in Pebble Beach. What a stunning part of the world! Most other speakers...
To my great surprise, I was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) this year, announced on the Queen’s Birthday Weekend. This means I now...
If your teacher comments on your work and tells you it can be better; it’s not you, it’s your work. If the person behind the counter snaps at you...
Wow! What a huge honour! I flew overseas in the wee hours of 27 January, and so the whole experience of being named Young Australian of the Year is...
Knowledge junkies are people who love to learn and accrue knowldge. They’ve read all the books, registered to all the web communities, heard of all...
Are you doing the same old things that you know how to do, that you know won’t fail, that you know won’t make you look bad, over and over again? It...
When I was planning the first UK SINE, for about a month, I split each day into two. I would get up in the morning, and do all the actions needed to...
