Ted talks adora svitak biography
Ted talks adora svitak biography
Adora svitak biography parents!
Adora Svitak
American writer
Adora Svitak (born October 15, ) is an American writer, public speaker, former child prodigy,[1] and activist.
She did work for the Wikimedia Foundation as a communications associate.[2]
Early life
Svitak was born in Springfield, Oregon.[3] Her mother, Joyce, was a Chinese immigrant[4] who grew up during the Cultural Revolution.[1] Her father, John, studied physics and worked as a software engineer.[1] She got her first computer at age 6[5] and began to write short stories on it.
Public speaking
Svitak's February TED Talk, "What Adults Can Learn From Kids," has received over million views to date on [6]
- InfoCom closing keynote, Calcutta, India, December 7, [7]
- INK Talks (in association with TED) in Lavasa, India, December , speaking on how young people use technology in the modern world.[8]
- United Nations Economic and Social Council Yout