CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 6 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release:
When her summer internship fell through after her second year at the University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce student Tina Yao found herself with months of free time. She filled them by building.
In a little over a year since then, the now fourth-year student has founded a nonprofit organization, studied at both Harvard Business School and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, and grown her social media following to more than 15,000 followers.
Yao is the CEO and co-founder of Girls Who Innovate, a nonprofit focused on providing entrepreneurship education. She and colleagues from several other universities host networking ev...