Susan Dib | co-founder
Susan Dib the founder and owner of FoundedByKids currently loves living in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and two children.
It is because of her own work as a civil engineer in Jordan and her Masters Degree in International Business from EAE Business School in Madrid that Susan is passionate about educating girls. Believing that if kids especially girls are exposed to vast opportunities in STEM they become the creators, problem solvers and change makers that we need today.
The opening of Susan’s own high end online children’s store -www.daniasboutique.com- in 2016 was inspired by the birth of her daughter and provided valuable inside into entrepreneurship for her.
It was while volunteering to teach real business skills to kids of all ages in a self-directed learning after-school program at her children’s school that the idea for Founded By Kids was born. Ever since then Susan is looking to share her joy and enthusiasm for this program she has started where children are the focus and are encouraged to exhibit their work and getting to be the inventors of their own future.
When Susan is not working she loves to go kayaking and dreams about parachuting out of an airplane one day..
Judy Engleman | co-founder
Judy originally hails from Berlin, Germany. After studying fashion design she always dreamed about coming to New York and creating her own clothing line for kids- which she eventually did in 2005.
In addition to design having had the opportunity to be an entrepreneur provided her with valuable knowledge in the areas of product development, manufacturing, graphic design and sales.
She believes every kid should be exposed to the entrepreneurial mindset early on in their education so that skills can be learned at a young age. Fascinated by children’s drawings and the magical thinking that happens in childhood years she loves helping young entrepreneurs at Founded By Kids in their creative adventures.
When she is not working Judy enjoys traveling the world with her husband and two children.