'I see Black and Brown women and girls as having a major role to play in helping save the world.' We sat down with co-founder Dr. Shireen Lewis to discuss sistermentors's success investing in the future of girls and women of color 25 years later:
. For 25 years, her work has helped over 100 women of color earn higher education degrees, including Ph.D.s in math, science and economics.Dee MartinShireen Lewis
A few years ago, a kindergarten teacher called to recommend her rising first grader to the program. That first grader is now a ninth grader. We started very organically, and we work with our girls throughout their educational career, into college and graduate programs. We just had our annual graduation celebration, and it is always one of the most moving and inspiring celebrations we have each year. While paying tribute to one of our Ph.D.s, we also paid tribute to her maternal grandmother. Her grandmother was brilliant, with not much schooling but great with math. But, her grandmother was not afforded the opportunities she deserved because she was Black, a woman and from the South.
The other body of work I am really proud of is the issue of the Black Scholar journal that I put together on. The voices of some of the young women in SisterMentors are included in that issue. We were all very excited about that!
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