Yana Buhrer Tavanier is the cofounder and executive director of fineacts.co, a global nonprofit creative studio for social impact. As an activist and a social entrepreneur with a background in investigative journalism, she explores human rights innovation at the intersection of activism, art, tech and science.
Yana Tavanier has also cofounded TimeHeroes.org, the largest volunteering platform in Bulgaria. She is a board member of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, the country’s leading human rights group, and an expert member of Amnesty International’s Europe and Central Asia Regional Oversight Group. She has a BA in communication and MA in political science from Sofia University, along with executive education at Harvard University, Yale University and Oxford University.
Yana is a Fulbright Scholar, a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a fellow of the Royal Society of Art and was named one of 50 people who will change the world in WIRED’s Smart List 2012. Her latest TED talk on playtivism – her concept of marrying play and activism, has been viewed close to 1.8 million times.
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