The lovely Sandra Sully invited me to appear on her podcast, Short Black, after we spoke at Vogue Codes together in 2018. Check out our conversation here: https://play.acast.com/s/short-black-with-sandra-sully/maritacheng
Here's some photos of Sandra Sully and I sharing the stage at Vogue Codes in Sydney 2018. Good times, and that was a beautiful event that Vogue put on.
Forbes named me a world's top 50 woman in tech & 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals and Aipoly and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company Aubot. I'm the youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and I give speeches around the world.
I tweet @maritacheng and I'm on Facebook.
Appeared in an epic television commercial with my robot arm!
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