Co-Founder and Executive DirectorRead to Rise
Taryn Lock is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of literacy non-profit organisation READ to RISE which promotes youth literacy in under-resourced and challenged communities in South Africa.
Previously Taryn worked in business as a management consultant and was a senior strategy analyst at one of South Africa's largest financial services companies. In 2013, she quit her corporate job to follow her passion for literacy and social development.
Taryn was named one of Mail & Guardian’s Top 200 Young South Africans in 2014, she is a member of the inaugural 2018 Obama Foundation African Leaders Program and she was ranked 49th on the Top Most Influential Young South Africans in 2018.
Taryn also runs a publishing company Theart Press, is the Founder of Proudly Chinese South Africa and is a children’s book illustrator. She is passionate about creating positive social change through literacy, social development and art.