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Improving Access to Period Products with Aunt Flow [Virtual]

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About Claire Coder

Claire Coder (Forbes 30under30) is a 25-year-old Thiel Fellow and founder and CEO of Aunt Flow. On a mission to make the world better for people with periods, Aunt Flow stocks public bathrooms with freely accessible tampons and pads. Through Claire’s leadership, Aunt Flow launched patented tampon & pad dispensers in 27k+ bathrooms and raised $17m+ in venture capital.

Coder launched her first company at age 16, designed a bag for Vera Bradley that sold out in 24 hours, and has her own line of GIFs. After getting her period in public without the supplies she needed, at 18-years-old, Claire dedicated her life to developing a solution to ensure businesses and schools can sustainably provide quality period products for free in public bathrooms. 

Since 2016, Aunt Flow has worked with thousands of businesses and schools across North America, including organizations like Google, Princeton University, Netflix, the Phoenix Mercury and more, to offer freely accessible period product dispensers, filled with organic cotton tampons and pads. 

For every 10 period products sold, Aunt Flow donates 1 to non-profits. In 2022, Aunt Flow donated over 1.6 MILLION products to menstruators in need.

As a passionate activist, Claire believes that education on periods and normalizing periods is crucial. She strives to educate everyone on periods and the importance of having products readily available for when people get their period unexpectedly. To be inclusive to all menstruators, regardless of gender, Aunt Flow refers to “feminine hygiene products” as “period products.” 

Claire’s ultimate goal in life is for any menstruator to walk into any bathroom and never need to worry if they start their period, because Aunt Flow period products are freely available!

Claire’s story has been featured in TeenVogue, Forbes, and she starred in TLC’s Girl Starter Season 1. When she is not jamming out to Macklemore, she is teaching Zumba classes. Claire speaks regularly surrounding her advocacy work, starting a social enterprise and journey as a female founder. For more information, please visit www.clairecoder.com or www.goauntflow.com.

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