Media and Awards

 

Rebel Girls: Powerful Pairs - 25 Tales of Mothers and Daughters

Jordan and her Mom were included in a Rebel Girls book that was published on February 8, 2022.

 
A series of selfies that includes a photo of Jordan - there are colorful backgrounds. Under the photos is text that says "Teen Vogue's 21 under 21 2021: The Young People Shaping Tomorrow"

Jordan was named to Teen Vogue’s 21 Under 21 list in December 2021.

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PEOPLE Magazine’s “Teens Changing the World”

Jordan is included in a list of 10 teen changemakers in May 2021.

TIME Kid of the Year Honoree

Jordan Reeves was one of five young people honored in the search for TIME’s 2020 Kid of the Year. Her story was shared in TIME Magazine and on Nickelodeon’s Kid of the Year special that was rebroadcast on Comedy Central and CBS. Her segment included a chance to share her nonprofit and consultancy along with a surprise visit from actress Brie Larson. The kindness toward Jordan continued on social media.

Twitter chatter about Jordan

Media Highlights

 
 
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Marvel’s Hero Project

Jordan was featured in Episode 1 of Marvel’s Hero Project (Season 1) on Disney+. “Sensational Jordan” featured her work and honored her by creating her into a Marvel comic book character. Her nonprofit, Design With Us, was awarded a $10,000 grant.

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TODAY Show

In honor of the release of Jordan’s book, she was featured on the TODAY Show. Her story was also named as one of 18 TODAY Show Groundbreakers for International Day of the Girl 2019. A story about her nonprofit’s work and Project Unicorn invention was also featured on NBC Nightly News.

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The Rachael Ray Show

A lot of Jordan’s opportunities to tell her story came from a chance to show off Project Unicorn to The Rachael Ray Show. Members of the show Shark Tank also got to learn about her invention.

 

Awards & Recognitions 

  • 2013 Women’s Intersport Network Inspiration Award 

  • 2016 Change.org petition featured on CBSN and front page of Kansas City Star 

  • 2016 Project Unicorn work Featured in Fast Company article  

  • 2016 Disney Parks Dream Big Princess Innovator Award  

  • 2016 Speaker, MakerFaire Bay Area      

  • 2016 National Maker Faire Editor’s Choice Award

  • 2016 Speaker/Presenter, National Health and Human Services Making Health Summit 

  • 2016 Awesome Without Borders Prize Winner

  • 2016    TOM:DC Makeathon for Assistive Technology “Need Maker”     

  • 2016 mHUB/Born Just Right Maker Meetup     

  • 2017 Speaker, National Kid Inventors Day at NYU School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY 

  • 2017 Speaker, All Abilities Day, Concord Elementary School, St. Louis, MO     

  • 2017 Appearance with the Shark Tank on The Rachael Ray Show

  • 2017 Featured on CNN.com       

  • 2017 TEDxCoMO Speaker

  • 2017 Boost Workshop, Sommerville, MA with Helping Hands Foundation 

  • 2017 Founding member of STEAM Squad

  • 2017 Change.org petition for American Girl limb difference options hits 25K signatures  

  • 2017 Project Unicorn on display at Expo for Design, Innovation + Technology, Toronto

  • 2017 Feature in American Girl Magazine

  • 2017 Speaker, National AIGA Conference during the “Impact of Inclusion” Symposium 

  • 2017 Project Unicorn at Bespoke Bodies: The Design and Craft of Prosthetics, Oregon

  • 2017 Speaker, TEDxYouth Blue Slide Park, Pittsburgh, PA 

  • 2018 Speaker, Helping Hands Winter Outing    

  • 2018 Born Just Right (now Design With Us) partners with colorFabb and BioGlitz      

  • 2018 Speaker, SXSW Interactive Festival

  • 2018 Speaker, Hallmark Creative Leadership Symposium

  • 2018 Nominee, Iris Awards, Philanthropic Work of the Year    

  • 2018 Speaker, United State of Women Summit

  • 2018 Speaker, Strategic Design Conference at Parsons Design School, NYC    

  • 2018 Boost Workshop, San Francisco, CA    

  • 2018 Delegate, We Vote Next Summit, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2019 Speaker, Helping Hands Winter Outing

  • 2019 Project Unicorn at Wired to Wear exhibit, Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago

  • 2019 Boost Workshop, Cambridge Science Festival, MA

  • 2019 Mars Generation 24 under 24 Award

  • 2019 Jordan and Jen release their first book, a memoir titled, Born Just Right

  • 2019 Mattel releases first Barbie with limb difference; Jordan consulted on the project

  • 2019 Speaks at first of its kind youth-led summit, State of Young People, Facebook HQ, CA

  • 2019 Speaker, Amputee Coalition National Conference, San Antonio, TX

  • 2019 Delegate, We Vote Next Summit, Lost Angeles, CA

  • 2019     Speaker, Concordia International Summit, New York City

  • 2019     Team Leader, #MarchForSisterhood with Girls Who Code

  • 2019     Jordan is named as one of 18 TODAY Show Groundbreakers for International Day of the Girl 2019

  • 2019     Mattel gifts Jordan a one-of-a-kind doll that looks like her to honor her advocacy

  • 2019 Marvel honors Jordan as the first member of Marvel’s Hero Project on Disney+ and a comic book with her likeness.

  • 2020 Born Just Right named one of 2020’s Best STEM Books

  • 2020 Jordan announced as a Keds Kids ambassador

  • 2020 Speaker, Tory Burch Foundation Embrace Ambition Summit, New York City

  • 2020 Speaker, United State of Young Women Summit, Online Event

  • 2020 Honoree, Diversability D-30 Disability Impact List (Youngest honoree)

  • 2020 Participant, 2020 Microsoft Hackathon, Virtual Event

  • 2020 Nickelodeon/Time Magazine Kid of the Year, Top 5 Finalist

  • 2021 Listed in PEOPLE Magazine’s “Teens Changing the World in 2021”

  • 2021 Grant Winner, Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes

  • 2021 Grant Winner, Mary Kay 2021 Young Women in STEAM

  • 2021 Included in Teen Vogue’s 21 Under 21 List

  • 2022 Her story is included in the book, Rebel Girls: Powerful Pairs

  • 2022 Her story is included in American Girls’ book, A Smart Girl's Guide: Body Image

  • 2023 Speaker, Clinton Global Initiative University, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (youngest speaker)

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