Mahsa Riar
Mahsa Riar is 14 years old and the Founder of Limitless Limb, a company dedicated to creating personalized, expressive, and affordable 3d printed prosthetics and assistive devices for children with limb differences. Mahsa is a former student of the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy class of 2019 and was the youngest Grand Prize Winner of the Loudoun YEA! Investor Panel.
Mahsa has taken on leadership roles in a variety of initiatives and programs including chairing the Loudoun Commission on Women and Girls (LCWAG)’s inaugural Girl emPower Summit, a program focused on leadership development for girls ages 13-18. She also serves on the board of Loudoun Young Entrepreneur Forum (LYEF) and is a Loudoun County Public Schools Student Equity Ambassador. In 2019, Mahsa founded Create for a Cause, an initiative to raise social awareness among Loudoun County's younger generation and inspire them to drive change. Her achievements have led to speaking engagements and other recognitions including being featured in Voice Of America: Teens in Innovation and Technology; speaking at Amazon Girls Tech Day as a Trailblazer 2.0; One Million Cups; recipient of the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce Community Leadership Award; the Young Women Stellar Award, the Loudoun Minority Student Achievement Advisory Committee (MSAAC) Student Award; the Loudoun Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) Student Award; and the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce’s YEA! 2019 Saunders Scholar.
Mahsa has been recipient of academic awards including the US Presidential Award of Outstanding Academic Excellence, the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Honor Award, and the National Junior Honor Society. Mahsa is a poet and has several poetry publications by American Library of Poetry.
Mahsa is an earnest and passionate student leader. She is driven to inspire the younger generation to make meaningful contributions to their community. Her accomplishments have been featured by media outlets such as, WUSA 9, DVM FOX 25, and ABC NEWS channel 13, NBC Channel 4 as well as being written in Loudoun Times, Loudoun Now and NOVA Magazine.
Listen to her Quiet Waters Podcast Episode
Episode #18: Teens Managing the Pandemic with Mahsa Riar
Teens want you to understand them, their experiences, and the roller coaster ride of adolescence. Their journey is one of separating from parents and finding themselves. Experiences and connections with peers are critical and serve as the foundation for self-discovery and individualization. In 2020 their natural journey of exploration was thwarted. The COVID-19 pandemic struck them like a lightning bolt and rocked their world. Fourteen-year-old, Mahsa Riar, a young, accomplished woman beyond her years, shares with us her experiences living through the pandemic and the impact it has had on her generation. Teen’s well-being is dependent on adults listening, understanding, accepting, and loving them. Tune in today.