Maya Saggar was a Musical Theatre major who took BDP301(entrepreneurship) and IDC4U1(arts management) while at ESA. She started her first business called Drive at Ease in 2014 while taking the grade 11 entrepreneurship course, and won $3,000 from the Ontario Summer Company Grant program. Maya was the recipient of the ESA Kennedy Business Award in 2016.
Maya’s new business called LCI Movement is a mobile dance education program with a focus on teaching curriculum-based movement workshops to elementary schools. She won first place in Laurier’s LaunchPadPitch Competition and earned $1,000 to contribute to operating costs of her business. Congratulations Maya on combining your creativity and entrepreneurial spirit and on winning this prestigious award!