Lily Born

Name: Lily Born

AGE:   16

HOW IT STARTED:

Lily Born was only 9 years old when she came up with a great idea to help her grandfather, who had Parkinson’s disease. After seeing how he always spilled the liquid from all the glasses from which he drank designed a cup with three legs that never overturned.

HOW IT’S GOING:

Lily Born has been featured on CNN Heroes, NPR’s Weekend Edition, WGN’s Morning News and on CBS News, and has been profiled by Fast Company, Business Insider, The Daily Mail (UK) and The Telegraph (UK), The Chicago Tribune and Crain’s Chicago Business.

QUOTE:

“Just because you’re a kid, doesn’t mean you can’t do big and great things.”

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