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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nSooinn Lee<\/strong> Sooinn Lee is the founder of Locomotive Labs, now known as Enuma. They design learning apps for children ages 3-8, specifically geared towards children with special needs and learning differences. Todomath, its most popular app, has been downloaded more than 1.1 million times. In 2013, Enuma launched Todo Telling Time<\/em>, an app to help children learn to \u201ctell time to the hour and minute, calendar concepts, digital time, and the components of a daily schedule\u201d (source<\/a>). Enuma creates apps that are inclusive to all children: engaging apps meet their specific learning needs in areas of mathematics, and provide accessibility options such as language, left-handed mode, OpenDyslexic font, simplfied keypad, and more. Other apps include Visual Schedule, a wearable schedule for children with autism, and Kid in Story, a storybook maker for children with autism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n After graduating from Seoul National University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sooinn Lee immersed herself in the video game industry for the next 12 years. She went from being an illustrator at Mirrsoft, to game designer, to corporate strategist at Ncsoft, to project lead at Project Injini, to finding Enuma\u2014then Locomotive Labs\u2014in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lee\u2019s entrepreneurial success can be attributed to her ability to identify a specific need and provided a solution. Lee desired to create ways to keep her son with special needs motivated once he starts school. The conception of Enuma came to fruition shortly after her son was born. \u201cWe come from Korea, where academic environment is particularly competitive and intense,\u201d Lee says. \u201cWe thought, how could our son have a good experience in his early academic career? That was our motivation to start this company.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In contrast to Kumon, a popular after school \u201ccram school\u201d in Asia, where rigorous worksheets and drills are used to strengthen mathematical understanding, Lee changes the way children can practice math outside of school. Kumon lacks the accessibility that Lee touts in her apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her apps have been listed in the Apple App Store under \u201cNew and Noteworthy\u201d and \u201cWhat\u2019s Hot\u201d, and \u201cBest Autism Apps\u201d by parenting.com. Her app was a \u201cBest Special Needs App of 2013\u201d finalist and won the Parents\u2019 Choice Award in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Original post by\u00a0Jennifer L\u00a0on May 26, 2019 Sooinn LeeCEO, Creative LeadFounder of Enuma. Sooinn Lee is the founder of Locomotive Labs, now known as Enuma. They…<\/p>\n
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