Brianna Alers is a straight A student at Hamden High School and is a champion of local, state, and regional boxing competitions. Now she is looking to speak up in an anti-bullying and anti-violence campaign utilizing what she learned in her five years of training in the ring in order to act as a role […]
Marianela Hernández Valencia Grew up without electricity, “As a child, I grew up in a house without electricity, which meant having to do homework by candlelight,” she says. “It was difficult.” Today she is one of 15 women trying to graduate as one of Columbia’s first ever intake of linewomen in la Ceja, a small […]
American Girl just revealed its 2023 “Girl of the Year” as Kavi Sharma from Metuchen, New Jersey. The name Kavi is short for Kavika and it will be the first ever South Asian “Girl of the Year” character, as stated by the doll maker. As a part of her story, she lives with her close […]
Windsor carpenter, Delaney Krieger, said “You can’t be anything you don’t know about,” at the We Build a Dream Career Discovery Expo that was held at the Bradley Centre just a few weeks back. The event was held by Windsor non-profit organization Build a Dream, and shows off careers where females are typically underrepresented. Examples […]
Alyssa Brewton is only 13 years old and is focused on getting her reps in. Alyssa had begun powerlifting at the age of nine years old and then took a break for a few years before returning just under a year ago with her mom as her trainer. Alyssa added that, “There have been times […]
A 17 year old senior girl from Westfield High School started working with the United Nations back in March, and is now serving as a moderator at the United Nations after being selected as one of 14 girls nationwide to represent the Girl Scouts of the USA at the United Nations Annual Commission on the […]
Ball State University recently performed a study where they learned that robots would perform low-skilled jobs replacing human manual labor. In 2021, there were almost 10 million professionals in STEM careers, and according the U.S. Department of Labor, the industry will increase by 11 percent by 2031. Meanwhile, in April of 2021, Pew Research Center […]
In a huge, historic, first women took to the streets in a cycle rally, in the conservative tribal district of Khyber in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Prior to the rally was a training camp held in Landi Kotal Tehsil of district Khyber on December 8th and 9th. Both the event itself and the training for the […]
The DeKalb (Illinois) County Community Foundation recently awarded $162,250 in grants this fall to 25 local nonprofit and community organizations. The grants are given every year during the fall and spring to eligible organizations located around DeKalb County. The grants are given to several areas including, arts and culture, education, community development, environment and animal […]
Savannah Andress moved to Florida to live with her aunt as a teen, where she quickly fell into the drug scene and hanging out with the wrong people. Eventually Savannah ended up pregnant and homeless, living on the streets. Savannah stated, “I was between sleeping in the car, sleeping on the beach or in parks, […]