Nadya Okamoto

Nadya Okamoto is the co-Founder and CEO of August, a lifestyle period brand working to reimagine periods to be powerful. In addition to launching a free educational database called Ask August in March 2021 and securing nearly $2 million for their seed round, she co-founded and served as the former Executive Director of Period Inc., a non-profit organization. Okamoto also authored the book "Period Power: A Manifesto for the Menstrual Movement", published in 2018, which landed her on the Kirkus Reviews list for Best Young Adult Nonfiction. She is also a contributor for HuffPost and is known for her efforts to end period stigma and the "tampon tax".

Okamoto has been recognized on multiple prestigious lists including Teen Vogue's 21 Under 21 in 2017, Forbes 30 Under 30 in Law and Policy in 2019, and Bloomberg 50 “Ones to Watch”. In the same year, she was awarded the L'Oréal Women of Worth award at the Glamour Women of the Year ceremony. Through her work with Period Inc., she has addressed over 900,000 periods and registered over 600 campus chapters across all 50 states and 30 countries, making it the largest youth-run NGO in women's health in the U.S. and one of the fastest growing.

Outside of her work in the menstrual health space, Okamoto is also a social media creator with over 4m followers on TikTok, producer and host of the podcast, Tigress, and a mental health advocate. She recently graduated from Harvard College in 2021 but not before making a significant mark in public service by running for Cambridge City Council in 2017, mobilizing young people during her campaign. Okamoto continues to be a significant voice in promoting sex education among Gen Z and tackling period poverty.