The inspirational and ground-breaking Nadya Okamoto is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur. She is the founder and former executive director of the non-profit organisation Period Inc., which distributes menstrual hygiene products and advocates for ending what is known as “the tampon tax”. She is the co-Founder of August, a lifestyle period brand working to reimagine periods to be powerful. She is also the author of the book Period Power: a Manifesto for the Menstrual Movement, published in 2018. She is also a mental health advocate and known as a Gen Z marketing expert. She graduated from Harvard College in 2021.

Born in New York City, and raised in Portland, Oregon, Okamoto grew up with a fierce determination to succeed. She was 16 when she founded Period, an organisation fighting to end period poverty and stigma, and under her leadership as Executive Director for five years, Period addressed over 1.5 million periods and registered over 800 campus chapters in the United States and in 50 other countries across the globe. In 2017 she ran for public office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, become the youngest Asian American to run being only 19 at the time. In 2018 she published her debut book, Period Power: a Manifesto for the Menstrual Movement. She also became the Chief Brand Officer and later a Board Member of JUV Consulting, a Generation Z marketing agency based in New York. She has been named in Forbes 30 under 30, Bloomberg 50 Ones to Watch, and People Magazine’s Women Changing the World.

Okamoto regularly connects with her legions of followers and fans through Instagram, and Twitter, posting pictures and videos about her inspirational life. She is available for that personalised shout-out via the Cameo platform. She also has a dedicated YouTube channel, Nadya Okamoto, and an official website, nadyaokamoto.com.