Not many 12 year olds can say that they have pitched their business on TV’s “Shark Tank,” introduced then-President Barack Obama at the United State of Women Summit, who jokingly suggested he should work for her, and formed her own nonprofit, Healthy Hive Foundation, which is aimed at saving the honeybee and the food supply.
But it’s safe to say that social entrepreneur and philanthropist Mikaila Ulmer is no ordinary young woman. From a simple lemonade stand and using her great granny Helen’s flaxseed lemonade recipe, Ulmer, now 14, is the founder and chief executive officer of Austin, Texas-based Me & the Bees Lemonade.