Mariam NusratFounder

United States - Vienna, Virginia,

Entrepreneur operating at the intersection of no-code, gaming, purposeful content creation & blockchain;

Founder & CEO of GRID (Gaming Revolution for International Development) - Reimagining the way video games are created and used; Building Breshna.io, a platform that empowers users to create, share and monetize their own purposeful web3 video games, with no code and at lightning speed. Think tiktok for video games.


Under our not-for-profit arm (Gaming Revolution for Inspiring Development) we have created games on Reproductive health (MoHiM, Nari Paila & SurrEndo) compassion for animals (KritterKneads),
Climate action (EarthFenders),
Math learning (Calculasia),
covid19 (CoronaCombat)
Structural racism (CrisesCompounded)
and are currently working on games on financial literacy (FINechANCE), opioid crisis, child protection and entrepreneurship.

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International development professional specializing in education policy and technology for development. Regional experience spanning Middle East, Africa and South Asia.

Senior Education Specialist at the World Bank (currently on extended leave): 12+ years of supporting education projects in South Asia, Middle East and Africa. Experienced in offering technical and advisory assistance to client countries, conducting quantitative and qualitative research, incentivizing achievement of results through financing and designing projects based on a strong understanding of World Bank instruments, policies and processes.

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Awards:
⚡️Forbes Next 1k Entrepreneurs
🏆GSV Elite 200 - edtech startups
🥳Clinton Global Initiative Honor Roll Alum
🔥DC Inno's 50 on Fire 2018
🚀Insight Success’ The 10 Most Influential Entrepreneurs to Follow in 2022
🎉Prepare4VC Top 21 Startup of '21
💫2018 AdamStart Entrepreneurship Award,
✨2015 Andrew E. Rice Award for Leadership and Innovation by the Society of International Development


High level speaking engagements:
Been recognized on stage at sessions moderated by US President Bill Clinton at CGIU 2015 and 2017
2 Tedx talks
World Bank OLC with WB President