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OPRF alum finishes mobile maker space | Articles | News

November 24, 2020
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Around this time last year, Oak Park and River Forest High School alum and architect Maya Bird-Murphy was attempting to raise funds to turn a retired USPS delivery van into a mobile maker space that would allow her to provide free and low-cost workshops in areas like architecture, construction and digital fabrication to area young people. 

Now, roughly $21,000 and countless man hours later, Bird-Murphy, 27, is ready to take her 108-square-foot retrofitted van on the road. 

In 2017, Bird-Murphy founded Chicago Mobile Makers, a nonprofit that creates programs designed to encourage young people “to become advocates and change-makers in their own communities through design-focused skill-building workshops,” according to a statement the organization recently released. 

Since its founding, Chicago Mobile Makers has held more than 150 workshops for young people in 11 Chicago…

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