Meet Tahira Reid Smith, inventor of the world’s first double dutch machine. As a third-grader, Tahira Reid Smith designed a machine that would enable her to play double Dutch solo, a game she loved but couldn’t always find playmates for. This early spark of creativity would eventually ignite a passion that would propel her to greatness. At RPI, she met a mentor who fueled her entrepreneurial spirit. His course, Introduction to Engineering Design, was the catalyst for her invention.
“Stories like mine are still too rare,” she said. According to Invent Together, an organization that promotes greater access to inventing and patenting, only 13% of the world’s inventors are women. In the U.S., Black, Hispanic, multiracial, Native American, and Native Alaskan inventors account for less than 8% of patent-holders.
The child of Jamaican immigrants, Reid Smith said her drive to learn and create was part of her upbringing and still motivates her today.
DREAMS NEVER DIE 👏🏾
Tahira is the epitome of never giving up on your dreams! A dream she had in third grade is finally coming to life after over 20+ years of working towards it. What a testimony. I hope me shedding light on Tahira’s story can inspire some people out there. The dream doesn’t die unless you kill it! 💯 Keep dreaming.
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