Join NSC on December 8 for an exciting session of Countersteer, our webinar series on emerging mobility topics. Hear from five youth safety leaders on the unique mobility challenges facing our youth in the U.S. today and the changes that can help save young lives on and around our roads.

On a new episode of the Talk of Fame Podcast, we got to chat with Maria Weston Kuhn! Maria is the Founder of Drive US Forward, which is a non-profit working to end gender discrimination in transportation. They raise public awareness, empower young people, amplify survivors, and mobilize grassroots support for systemic change.

Maria Weston Kuhn ’23CC had a truly terrifying experience on what should have been a perfect family getaway. While traveling in Ireland in December 2019, she survived a head-on collision when a distracted driver veered into the wrong lane on a country road. Her father and brother, sitting in the front of the rental car, were unharmed, while Kuhn and her mother, sitting in the back, suffered severe injuries. “My small intestine was ruptured by my seatbelt, and I required emergency surgery,” says Kuhn, who, after returning home to Maine, was forced to miss a semester of college. “I found out later that our injuries were not unique. Crashes affect women differently because car safety standards are tailored to men. It’s a form of gender discrimination that injures and kills thousands of women each year.”