…pursuing higher education, the mission of encouraging discouraged populations is a personal one. That negative feedback, given to her at a crucial time in her high school career, only served…
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She’s On A Mission To Level The Playing Field
…there were surrounding education structures on topics like marketing and pitching, but what about emotional support? Cepin founded Uella-Women Founders Emotional Care in response. Today she works with women in…
Growing Up Comfortable with Money
…Thakor (who is now in her 40s) told us that her education in finance started early in life, when her father explained to her that “good personal finance habits don’t…
Meet the Teacher Fighting Uphill to Help Her Students Via Public Service
…is staying focused on her platform of state education, workers’ rights, climate change and abortion access – though she has also scored numerous endorsements herself, from pro-abortion organizations like Emily’s…
Her Desert Hotel is an Ode to Her Childhood
…family and I had to really fight for my education. My dad once said, “Good women don’t work.” Not giving up in the circumstances and striving for education is my…
Time’s 100 Most Influential 2013: Afghani Entrepreneur Roya Mahboob
Roya Mahboob rises above death threats, fighting for women’s empowerment and education with computers, access to the Internet and social media. Roya Mahboob, founder of Afghan Citadel Software Co. When…
Why This Nonprofit Cares About Periods. And How Meghan Markle Might Help
…commitment to Days for Girls. Critical to the organization’s work is education to remove the shame, stigma and silence around menstruation. In places like Nepal, girls are told “you’ll bring…
She Helps Entrepreneurs Create Digital Products Designed For Long Term Sales
Destini Copp had years of experience in corporate marketing and working in higher education before she decided to strike out on her own. She’d had the entrepreneurial bug for years…
She’ll Empower You to Take Charge of Your Finances
Jillian Krenk, founder of MoneyWellth. (Credit: Courtesy of MoneyWealth) 1,000 Stories She’ll Empower You to Take Charge of Your Finances Jillian Krenk provides a comprehensive financial education to clients through…
Her Beauty Brand Is Committed to Ending Period Poverty
…health management and sexual and reproductive health and education rights, that leverages sanitary pads and health education as a combined intervention for women and girls’ development. As the organization has…
As A Black Dentist, She Says ‘You Can’t Help But Notice That Nobody Looks Like You’
…Education Association. Compared with opportunities for white male graduates to succeed in the dental field, “there’s a disparity with minorities and women furthering their careers,” Patterson says. Experts point to…
Two Democratic Women Advance in Race for Georgia Governor, Lieutenant Governor
…and Riggs Amico have put education and building a strong modern economy at the center of their campaign messages. In her victory speech, Abrams promised to be Georgia’s “Public Education…
She’s Bringing STEM Curricula To Classrooms Across America
When Eleanor Smalley was working as an education superintendent she noticed that wealthy school districts had access to effective learning materials, while lower-income districts did not. Thirty years ago, she…
Ep. 33: Instead of Building a Wall…
…education — the lack of education — is a huge problem in Guatemala. KATE: The biggest problem has been the dropouts. Kids are, they start dropping out after first grade,…
The Power of an Astronaut’s Legacy
…to take pictures of our planet from the comfort of their classrooms. It’s the sort of program the education initiative loves to offer, as it engages both teachers and students…