About Ann

Ann Makosinski is a Filipina-Polish Canadian inventor, global keynote speaker, writer, and champion for girls in STEAM. She is best known for her invention of the Hollow Flashlight, a flashlight that runs off the heat of the human hand, and the eDrink, a coffee mug that harvests the excess heat of your hot drink and converts it into electricity to charge your phone. Ann has given 5 TEDx talks, is one of Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30, Times Magazine’s 30 Under 30 World Changers, Entrepreneur Magazine’s Young Millionaires, and Glamour Magazine’s College Women of the Year. She was recently one of the campaign faces for a Maybelline's 'Green Edition' line!