Girl. Strong.

We Are Girl. Strong.

Girl. Strong. is a charity organization dedicated to teaching young girls the skills to know their own value and how to build on it to create their own future. Inspired by an amazing grandmother, a strong little girl, and personal experiencing working with young during socially difficult times in their lives, Girl. Strong. is a multifaceted program designed to empower young girls between 6-12-years-old to make them realize their own potential without external validation or permission.

In our current digital world, 70% of young girls experience low-self esteem, and 30% experience anxiety and depression from the high increase in socialization through social media. The constant flow of images of how girls and women should look, act and behave sets a normalized impossible standard for girls to live up to. With such a dramatic rise in mental health, it’s time we empowered our girls to know themselves, their value, and their own voice.

With 37% of American 4th graders believing boys are smarter than girls, and 17% of American 4th graders believing a man would make a better boss than a woman (a statistic that typically increases amongst young women of Asian, Black or Indigenous descent), it’s critical we support our girls to see themselves as future leaders and young women.