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= Miracle Olatunji = Miracle Olatunji (born January 3, 2000) is an American entrepreneur, public speaker, and author.

The story of Miracle Olatunji’s life is nothing short of a miracle. She was not expected to live to be the age she is today, due to prenatal complications her mom experienced.

In 2017, while studying at the Charter School of Wilmington, then 17-year-old Olatunji founded OpportuniMe, an education organization that connects high school youths to summer experiential learning opportunities to help them develop life and leadership skills, explore and cultivate their passions, and build their network. Through OpportuniMe, hundreds of youth have been able to find and secure incredible opportunities.

Miracle has been honored as a Young Global Leadership Scholar, Youth Entrepreneur Of The Year, a 40 Under 40 Woman To Watch, one of The Root 25 Young Futurists & Changemakers, and grand prize winner of the World Series of Entrepreneurship. She has been featured in Forbes, Thrive Global, Technical.ly, and Harvard Business Review among other leading publications.

About
Like many founders, Olatunji fell into entrepreneurship by accident. She got involved in a program the University of Delaware runs called The Diamond Challenge, a global challenge that uses competition and curriculum to inspire high school students around the world to solve problems through entrepreneurship.

In addition to learning by doing, Olatunji surrounded herself with mentors. She was in the first class of a ‘student idea incubator’ in her area called Dual School, which had her spending several afternoons a week at a nearby co-working space:"“They work with us on our ideas. They coach us through turning it from idea into action focusing on starting with a simple prototype to test your idea, and see if it would be viable, and if it would be something that people need.”"

Entrepreneurship
Olatunji accredits her idea for OpportuniMe — which she came across one summer when she was having a difficult time finding enrichment programs and internships — through rounds of market research and into a prototype that all Lean Startup proponents would cheer. Instead of building out a comprehensive database online right out of the gate, OpportuniME got its start as an email newsletter.

In early 2018, Olatunji started a new project called The MIRACLE Organization:"“MIRACLE itself, other than being my first name, it stands for Making Impacts, Raising Awareness, and Creating Learning Experiences. The vision is to create this organization, and under the umbrella of the organization would be social enterprises that meet the goal of creating and launching social ventures that empower, enlighten and educate people.”"Through both MIRACLE and OpportuniMe, Olatunji is focused on giving to her peers the same opportunities and resources she received as a budding entrepreneur in high school. She also now helps run the Diamond Challenge, which first inspired her entrepreneurship. Olatunji hopes more high school students get involved in entrepreneurship. She also hopes that entrepreneurship as a whole gets more diverse representation. As a young, African American, woman, Olatunji knows the dearth of role models for women and people of color in the startup world."“You can't see what you can't be. By bringing diverse people together we can really solve some of the world's most complex problems because each person, based on their different backgrounds, can bring their different ideas to the table and you can solve problems in different ways.”"

Book
In her book, Purpose: How To Live and Lead With Impact, Olatunji takes readers on the journey of her miraculous life story to growing up and learning pivotal life lessons about meaning and purpose.

In an interview with GirlTalkHQ, Olatunji describes her book as "'a guide for current and aspiring leaders and innovators who want to leverage the power of their purpose to ​guide their career goals and aspirations. It also walks readers through ways to ​make a difference in not only their lives, but also how in the lives of others, their communities, companies and organizations, and the world. It’s full of inspiring stories and actionable insights and it’s for readers of all ages."