Indian Youtuber and content creator Prajakta Koli widely known as Mostly Sane recently won Daytime Emmy Awards. Koli was a part of Youtube’s global program called #CreatorsForChange along with other YouTube creators, Liza Koshy and Thembe Mahlaba.
The main aim of #CreatorsForChange was to amplify the voices of role models who are tackling difficult social issues through their channels.
Prajakta featured in one of the fundraising projects hosted by Michelle Obama last year, on what does it really mean to educate a girl. Here each creator travelled to a different country i.e. Vietnam, India, and Namibia to know the grassroots of the educational organizations working there and to improve the lives of girls in their community.
The documentary bagged the Emmy under Outstanding Daytime Non-Fiction Special category. Koli posted the news on Instagram thanking the former First Lady of the United States.
In a statement, Koli expressed her happiness and sent “love to YouTube” for giving her a global platform. “I am going to take some time to process this. But so grateful for having to wake up to find out that our Creators For Change documentary won a Daytime Emmy. So much love to YouTube for constantly giving creators like me a global platform to have effective conversations. So grateful to Mrs. Obama for letting me be a part of this wonderful project. Also, so much love to Liza and Thembe. What a feeling!” she said.
Talking about her experience with Obama, she said, “I felt so nervous before the shoot in February 2020. But it’s Michelle Obama, and how do you ever prepare to meet someone like her. She walked in and hugged us and immediately, there was no more nervous energy in the room anymore.”
