
Girl Up Staff
Our team may be small, but our reach is big. The Girl Up staff is innovative, experienced and passionate. We are deeply committed to working toward a world where all girls are empowered – and having fun while doing it.
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Aditi Arora
Country Director for India
Aditi leads the Girl Up India team and oversees program expansion and brand building.
Aditi Arora (she/her) is a gender equality advocate residing in Delhi. Presently, she leads the Girl Up India team and oversees program expansion and brand building. She is passionate about issues related to women and girls’ leadership and health, specifically sexual reproductive health rights and justice. For her work, she was listed by Forbes Asia 30 under 30, class of 2022. Before joining Girl Up, Aditi grew her skills in program design and communications at various non-profits in India and Geneva. Aditi is also honing her public speaking skills and has spoken at various platforms on women and intersecting issues including mental health at YOUNGA 2021, Women In Dev Conference, London, Histocon, Berlin, etc. She is also a two-time TEDx speaker. In her free time, Aditi loves to dance, experiment with gluten-free food recipes and mindlessly scroll Instagram for dog videos.
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Ailén Remelsky
Country Manager for Argentina
Ailén is focused on leading the efforts in Argentina to develop safe spaces for youth to connect, thrive, and become awesome advocates for gender justice.
Ailén is an intersectional feminist from Buenos Aires who enjoys creating collaborative decolonial projects to promote and defend human rights. As Girl Up’s Country Manager for Argentina, she is focused on leading the efforts to develop safe spaces for youth to connect, thrive, and become awesome advocates for gender justice. Ailén obtained a Master’s degree in Human Rights, Culture, and Social Justice from Goldsmiths, greatly influencing her leadership journey. She served in several nonprofits implementing social justice initiatives, leading teams, and building partnerships with the private, public and social sectors. Ailén enjoys long philosophical discussions about life and art in all its forms. She is a great game organizer and adores super spicy food!
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Alejandra Ortiz Nino de Zepeda
Consultant for Latin America and Chile
Alejandra works on gender equality and international development policy projects at the global-Latin American level.
Alejandra (she/her) is committed to girls and women's rights, passionate about engaging girls in new projects, watching them dream and grow. Working on gender equality and international development policy projects at the global-Latin American level for more than 20 years. She developed her career with FAO United Nations, World Food Program/DCID Duke, academia in Chile and Argentina; government in Chile and NGOs. Master in International Development Policy (Duke), Ph.D. studies in Women/Gender and Social Sciences, Bachelor in Journalism. More on a personal level she enjoys her daily walks with her furry Maltese friend “chispi”, meditating and running to grow her inner self and spending time with her two teen daughters. But most important she enjoys sharing her life experiences with younger generations as she did by teaching international students at the university level for 11 years.
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Alexa Zartman-Ball
Associate, Youth Engagement
Alexa oversees Girl Up's Teen Advisor Board and leads on Girl Up's Award and Scholarship programming.
Alexa oversees Girl Up's Teen Advisor Board and Award and Scholarship Programming. Before Girl Up she grew her skills in girls' education and leadership in similar roles and brings her own Girl Up alumni experience to the team. In her free time, Alexa enjoys being home with her Flemish rabbit and trying all the new workout trends.
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Allie Adam
Associate, Events
At Girl Up, Allie plans the #GirlHero Awards and Leadership Summit by brainstorming speaker asks, venue locations, and so much more.
Allie (she/her) is an event enthusiast who loves bringing people together through new and exciting ways! Presently, she is the Events Associate and helps plan the #GirlHero Awards and Leadership Summit by brainstorming speaker asks, venue locations, and so much more. Before joining Girl Up, she grew her skills in communications and event planning at various nonprofits in the health policy world and even helping advocate for various bills in Massachusetts, USA. In her free time, Allie enjoys finding new spots around Washington, DC with her friends and facetimeing her nephew!
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Anna West
Associate, Community & Impact
At Girl Up, Anna works on growing and strengthening Girl Up's global community through metrics and evaluation, data collection, and analysis.
Anna West (she/elle) is a data nerd who combines her passion for analytics with her passions for gender equity, storytelling, languages, and girls' empowerment work. At Girl Up, Anna works on growing and strengthening Girl Up's global community through metrics and evaluation, data collection, and analysis. Before joining Girl Up, Anna worked in marketing analytics for a women's health company, admissions for a women's college, and as a domestic violence counselor. In her free time, Anna likes exploring Philadelphia's food and museum scenes. You'll find her at the local farmer's market and parks on the weekend!
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Asma Rouabhia
MENA Regional Advisor
Asma works on developing Girl Up’s strategic approach to program delivery and engagement in the Middle East & North Africa region, building on the existing grassroots network of Girl Up Clubs and youth leaders throughout the region.
Asma Rouabhia is passionate about working on sustainable and equitable development and empowering vulnerable communities to unleash their potential. She has several years of multidisciplinary experience in the development sector. Asma is an alumna of the US MEPI Student Leaders program and won first place in the MEPI Alumni of the Year 2020 award. Asma was a National Consultant to the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in the Recovery and Resilience Team. She is a former regional focal point for the Arab States and West Asia with the Major Group for Children and Youth. Asma is one of UNESCO’s Arab Youth Leaders in ESD and Green TVET, and one of the winners of GIZ’s Accelerate MENA program. She is the Tunisian laureate of Women in Africa Initiative in 2019. Asma was a program manager with Women Leaders in Technology to empower girls and women in STEM fields and support them to develop their soft skills. As MENA Regional Advisor for Youth Engagement, Policy, and Advocacy, Asma works on developing Girl Up’s strategic approach to program delivery and engagement in the Middle East & North Africa region, building on the existing grassroots network of Girl Up Clubs and youth leaders throughout the region.
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Bailey Leuschen
Director, Programs & Impact
Bailey's mission at Girl Up is to accelerate social change and gender justice by investing in youth worldwide. By passion and profession, she is a leader, a creator and a change agent, launching new programs and stewarding existing ones.
Bailey's (she/her) mission at Girl Up is to accelerate social change and gender justice by investing in youth worldwide. By passion and profession, she is a leader, a creator and a change agent, launching new programs and stewarding existing ones. Bailey strives to build a more inclusive, equitable, and peaceful world at local to global levels. A skilled a facilitator and trainer of trainers, Bailey leads Girl Up’s Program Team, training and mentoring youth around the world to be effective change makers. For 15 years, Bailey's work and travels have taken her to meet with colleagues in 50 countries across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, whilst advocating for gender equality, democratic governance, civil society, and LGBTQI rights. Her current work is grounded in women and girls' social, political, and economic inclusion. Bailey earned her Bachelors degree from the University of Richmond and her Masters degree from the London School of Economics. Outside of Girl Up, you can find Bailey dancing her way through life, enjoying quality time with friends and family.
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Carol Cropp
Deputy Director, Development
Serving as the Deputy Director of Development, Carol works with Girl Up’s strategic corporate and visionary funding partners.
Carol (she/her) is a marketing executive, entrepreneur, and non-profit fundraiser who helps organizations navigate change and increase impact. She started her career in media sales then went on to co-found three marketing services companies working with international brands. She currently serves as the Deputy Director of Development at Girl Up. In this role she works with Girl Up’s strategic corporate and visionary funding partners. Carol also serves as a Congressional District Leader (MD-08) for the ONE Campaign to end extreme poverty and preventable diseases. When she’s not trying to tackle the world’s greatest challenges and drive toward obtaining the SDGs, Carol loves the outdoors, skiing, and kayaking. An avid learner, she usually has an audio book in her earbuds while she’s hiking and traveling.
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Caroline Mashni
Manager, Development
Caroline is a development and fundraising guru based in Brooklyn, New York. In her role, she builds meaningful and impactful partnerships with Girl Up's corporate partners.
Caroline (she/her) is a development and fundraising guru based in Brooklyn, New York, with a passion for creating social impact by bridging the gap between the nonprofit and private sectors. In her role, she builds meaningful and impactful partnerships with Girl Up's corporate partners. Caroline previously worked in fundraising at Girls Inc., and as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic, collaborating with the Ministry of Women to implement more gender-equitable practices in schools. In her free time, she enjoys being outside, studying Arabic, crushing Orangetheory workouts, and exploring everything NYC has to offer.
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Chandeerah Davis
Manager, Global Community Engagement
Email me about our all of our programs and youth engagement worldwide!
Email me about our all of our programs and youth engagement worldwide!
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Halle Bradshaw
Associate, Learning and Training
Halle (she/her) supports curriculum and learning support for Girl Up's STEM for Social Good and Sports for a Purpose programs. She is a passionate youth advocate with an interest in climate justice.
Halle is an intersectional feminist and climate activist. After receiving her master's degree in climate policy from Emory University, she worked on environmental justice issues at both the international and community levels. She strongly believes girls and young people are powerful agents of change and so is thrilled to be a part of the Girl Up team, supporting the STEM for Social Good and Sports for a Purpose programs. Outside of work, she loves reading at the park and taking too many pictures
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Hallie Hudson
Senior Director, Global Philanthropy
Hallie oversees Girl Up’s global fundraising strategy, ensuring we remain financially sustainable and grow in line with the expanding needs of our changemakers across the globe.
Hallie (she/her) oversees Girl Up’s global fundraising strategy, ensuring we remain financially sustainable and grow in line with the expanding needs of our changemakers across the globe. Before joining the Girl Up family, Hallie worked in event planning, relationship management of high-net worth individuals and corporate gifts for some of the most recognized health – based non – profits. When she’s not fighting for gender juice alongside her team of fearless fundraisers, Hallie enjoys thrifting for all things mid-century modern and flexing her green thumb at her home in Washington, DC which she shares with her sidekick, Franklin the tri-color corgi. Want a recipe for a tomato galette or need a restaurant recommendation in DC? Hallie is your gal.
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Hanna Nussair
Senior Associate, Comms & Digital Engagement
Hanna manages Girl Up's digital media & engagement strategy and works across teams to amplify youth-centered content externally.
Hanna Nussair (she/her) is a gender justice advocate and storyteller with a passion for uplifting the lived experiences of women, girls and gender-diverse people across the globe. She has been involved in grassroots activism since she was in high school and loves to engage with young activists to support and amplify their work. Currently, she supports Girl Up's the digital media and engagement strategy to better engage our audiences–whether it be youth leaders, alumni, supporters or partners. Prior to Girl Up, Hanna worked at Data2X and Women for Women International where she supported advocacy efforts, multi-platform content creation and digital communications strategy. When she isn't fighting against gender inequality, you can find Hanna exploring art museums, tending to her plant collection or burning through Taylor Swift's entire discography.
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Hilda Berganza
Manager, Programs
Hilda leads Girl Up’s overall resources and programming for climate, including the creation and roll-out of Girl Up’s digital, open source, climate restoration curriculum.
Hilda Berganza (she/her) is the Manager, Programs for Girl Up. She leads Girl Up’s overall resources and programming for climate, including the creation and roll-out of Girl Up’s digital, open source, climate restoration curriculum, and the creation and implementation of Youth Leaders for Climate Restoration (YL4CR) program. Hilda spent the last 2 years as the Youth Program Director and Project Manager at the Foundation for Climate Restoration. Her mission is to provide tools, education and resources to future generations so that, as a collective voice, youth are empowered in their climate restoration advocacy journey. Hilda enjoys traveling, outdoor activities such as hiking, rafting, canoeing, spending time with her family and eating good food.
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Isabelle Orozco
Coordinator, Community
Within Girl Up, Isabelle works closely with the clubs in the community, as she welcomes new club leaders and guides them through the process of starting their clubs and setting up shop.
Isabelle (she/ella) is a creator and a change agent, whose passion is centered around empowering girls through leadership and advocacy. Through professional experiences, volunteering, and fellowship opportunities she’s launched new programs and stewards existing ones. Within Girl Up, Isabelle works closely with the clubs in the community, as she welcomes new club leaders and guides them through the process of starting their clubs and setting up shop! Before joining Girl Up, she developed her passion and skills around SRHRJ, mental health, and GBV in youth. In her spare time, she enjoys writing for her blog, photography, reading fiction and memoirs, and dog walks!
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Jessica Giusti, PhD
Deputy Director, Communications & Digital Media
Jess leads Girl Up’s Communications team and oversees our digital, media relations, and email marketing strategies.
Jessica Giusti (she/her) is a communications maven with a knack for building bold digital campaigns, developing content that motivates others to action, and elevating collaborative, girl-centered storytelling. Presently, Jess leads Girl Up’s Communications team and oversees our digital, media relations, and email marketing strategies. Before joining Girl Up, she grew her skills in communications and fundraising at various nonprofits in the reproductive health, rights, and justice movement and after receiving her doctorate, even taught at the university level for a bit. In her free time, Jess enjoys heading to the Catskills with friends for summer getaways and trying all of Philly’s best water ice spots. Jess calls the City of Brotherly Love her home and shares her little corner of Philadelphia, PA, USA with her partner, cat, and dog.
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Jessica Langer
Senior Manager, Individual Giving
She leads Girl Up’s Individual Giving program, connecting with individuals globally and helping them to create the change they want to see in the world by building girl leaders and establishing gender justice through philanthropy.
Jessica (she/her) has a decade of experience in fundraising and communications in the nonprofit sector, having worked in public health in East Tennessee, girls’ leadership in NYC, homelessness in Boston, and civil rights in D.C. She currently leads Girl Up’s Individual Giving program, connecting with individuals globally and helping them to create the change they want to see in the world by building girl leaders and establishing gender justice through philanthropy. Jess lives in Knoxville, TN with her husband, daughter Emerson, and dogs London and Scout. She loves to travel, and has spent time in 20 countries and 30 U.S. states!
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Julie Willig
Chief Operating Officer
As COO, Julie oversees Girl Up’s global operations and is leading efforts to better support our growing global network.
Julie (she/her) is a Girl Up OG, having been part of the team that launched Girl Up in 2010. Currently as COO, Julie helps lead Girl Up’s organizational strategy and oversees the operations of its global headquarters and growth of its affiliate network. Having the chance to meet Girl Up members from around the world have been the privilege of a lifetime for Julie; in fact, she’s been able to meet leaders from across six continents in her years with Girl Up. In her free time, Julie loves to garden, play softball, and go on walks in the neighborhood with her family and two dogs.
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Karina Jougla
Senior Manager, Global Operations
Karina is a Paris-based member of Girl Up’s Global Operations team. She coordinates GU’s regional and affiliate network in addition to serving the Europe and North America region.
Karina (she/her) is a Paris-based member of Girl Up’s Global Operations team. She coordinates GU’s regional and affiliate network in addition to serving the Europe and North America region. Originally from California, Karina was part of the first class of Girl Up Teen Advisors. Before returning to Girl Up as a staff member, Karina worked for several humanitarian and gender equality organizations. She has a Bachelors in Comparative Literature from Columbia and a Master of Public Affairs from Sciences Po Paris. Karina never passes up an opportunity to go swimming, hiking, or to the movies.
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Karina Sharma
Senior Associate, Communications & Digital Media
Karina manages Girl Up's digital and social media platforms and works across teams to amplify youth-centered content externally, including on Girl Up VOICES.
Karina (she/her/hers) is a multimedia storyteller based between Maryland & Dubai with years of media & communications experience from around the world. Equipped with a passion for social action and a love of untold stories, she is always on the lookout for ways to break down barriers, build unity in diversity, and inspire positive change through the written word. At Girl Up, Karina manages the organization's digital and social media platforms and works across teams to amplify youth-centered content externally, including on Girl Up Voices. Before joining the Girl Up team, Karina was a writer for Vogue Arabia where she published over 300 pieces about powerful women in the Middle East and the progress of gender justice in the region. When she's not binge-buying books or belting out Bollywood tunes, Karina can be found attending every midnight premiere of the MCU and (trying) to build a better world as a mentor with the Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program.
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Keila Escobedo
Senior Associate, Training & Learning
Keila Escobedo leads curriculum and learning support for the Girl Up Leadership Course and Summits, as well as developing the issue areas of Gender-Based Violence and Sexual & Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice.
Keila Escobedo (she/her) is the Senior Associate of Training & Learning for Girl Up, United Nations Foundation. She leads curriculum and learning support for the Girl Up Leadership Course and Summits, as well as developing the issue areas of Gender-Based Violence and Sexual & Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice. She holds a BA in Sociology and an MA in Adult & Community Education. Having worked in the fields of sexual violence prevention, early care and education, as well as the child welfare system, her passion is facilitating social justice-oriented transformative learning experiences from a systems-level, strengths-based approach. Based in Los Angeles, CA, Keila enjoys traveling, watching anything sci-fi, and spending time with family, friends, and her senior Staffordshire bull terrier.
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Lakia Poole
Manager, Training & Learning
Email me to learn about Girl Up’s resources and our training and learning stream!
Email me to learn about Girl Up’s resources and our training and learning stream!
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Leticia Bahia
Executive Director, Girl Up Brasil
Under Leticia's leadership, Girl Up Brazil achieved solid recognition, participating girls in political processes and consolidating a strong community of powerful girl leaders.
Leticia (she/her) has been working with gender and youth for over a decade. Graduated in Psychology, she is co-founder of Brazil's first feminist magazine. In early 2018, Letícia accepted the challenge of bringing Girl Up to Brazil. Under her leadership, the organization achieved solid recognition, participating girls in political processes and consolidating a strong community of powerful girl leaders. Leticia loves gardening and lives in São Paulo, Brazil, with her husband, daughter, two cats and two dogs.
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Maren Roberts
Senior Program Associate
Maren leads Girl Up's STEM for Social Good and Sports for a Purpose Programming.
Maren Roberts (she/her) currently serves a Senior Program Associate for Girl Up, United Nations Foundation leading their STEM for Social Good and Sports for a Purpose Programming. Maren is passionate about equipping youth globally with leadership skills to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. As a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Maren studied Feminist Studies and Professional Writing: Civic Engagement. In her free time, Maren enjoys traveling and exploring the outdoors hiking, running and swimming with her border collie.
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Megan Masterson
Manager, Alumni
At Girl Up, Megan leads on building out our alumni engagement programming.
Megan (she/her) combines alumni engagement experience and a passion for social change as the Manager of Alumni at Girl Up. Prior to working at Girl Up, Megan worked in both the nonprofit and higher education sectors as a fundraiser, communicator, and program builder. She holds an undergraduate degree in international relations and a master’s degree in public policy. When she’s not working, she is busy climbing, biking, hiking or doing anything outdoors and is currently seeking digital nomad travel tips.
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Megan Miller
Partnerships & Communications Associate
On the Girl Up Development team, Megan helps manage partnerships, oversees partner deliverables, and prospects organizations that align with Girl Up’s mission.
Megan (she/her) is a passionate gender justice advocate working on Girl Up’s Development team. Megan found her fundraising niche when she started a Girl Up club on her campus and held various fundraising events for gender justice initiatives in the community. Presently, Megan is the Partnerships and Communications Associate on the Girl Up Development team where she helps manage partnerships, oversees partner deliverables, and prospects organizations that align with Girl Up’s mission. Prior to her role at Girl Up, Megan worked at various nonprofits where she developed grant writing, programming, and communications skills. Additionally, she interned in the United States Senate where her portfolio was foreign policy. In her free time, Megan loves to go on walks around Washington DC with her friends, try new restaurants, and visit with her family.
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Melissa Kilby
Chief Executive Officer
Under Melissa's leadership, Girl Up helps girls access their inner power to advance girls’ skills, rights, and opportunities, transforming girls by exposing them to new possibilities, increasing their sense of confidence and positioning them to be changemakers in their communities.
Melissa Kilby is the head of Girl Up and a global thought leader on girls' leadership, youth activism and non-profit management.
Girl Up, a global leadership development organization transforming a generation of girls to be a force for gender justice and social change, has grown exponentially since Kilby’s arrival in 2010. Under her leadership, the organization has developed 195,000 girl leaders in 152 countries and all 50 U.S. states, and has generated more than $37 million for girls’ leadership programs and impact partners at the United Nations. Melissa joined Girl Up in its first year and with her team has built the organization into the force that it is today.
Prior to Girl Up, Melissa served as a National Director for OP3, where she helped raise an average of $45 million each season managing a nine-city, multi-day fundraising walk series benefiting the Avon Foundation for Women. Melissa holds a Bachelor of Journalism in Strategic Communication from University of Missouri – Columbia. In 2014, she was selected to participate in a highly competitive program for non-profit leaders through Harvard University’s Kennedy School. Melissa sits on the Steering Committee for Women in Dev and is the past Chair of Girls on the Run DC.
Named one of Fortune Magazine’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2020, Melissa appears regularly in the media including MSNBC, Newsweek, Huffington Post and Harvard International Review. She has been quoted in numerous national and international press outlets, interviewed on various podcasts, and speaks regularly as an expert on leadership, youth activism and Gen Z girls. Recent speaking engagements include TEDxQuincy, Women in Dev, and UN Women’s International Women’s Day events. -
Musonda Chikwanda, MPH
Senior Regional Manager for Africa
Overseeing Sub-Saharan Africa, Musonda engages, educates, and trains adolescent girls to become global leaders who can speak confidently on behalf on themselves and their peers, to advance the rights of all girls.
Musonda Chikwanda (she/her) is the Senior Regional Manager for Girl Up in Sub-Saharan Africa. She engages, educates, and trains adolescent girls to become global leaders who can speak confidently on behalf on themselves and their peers, to advance the rights of all girls in Sub-Saharan Africa and around the world. She is experienced in International and community youth development programs with a demonstrated history of working in the Non- Governmental Organizations. From a young age she has always advocated for access to education, adolescent sexual reproductive health, and Public Health community-based programs and research.
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Neecia Shaw
Senior Manager, Events
Neecia leads Girl Up’s premiere events including the annual Girl Up Global Leadership Summit that sees our global community come together to share knowledge and collaborate on the issues they care most about.
Neecia (she/her) is an event professional with more than 10 years spent bringing together diverse groups to learn, connect, and enjoy unique event experiences. She leads Girl Up’s premiere events including the annual Girl Up Global Leadership Summit that sees our global community come together to share knowledge and collaborate on the issues they care most about. Prior to joining Girl Up, she worked for the United Nations Foundation’s core global events team organizing conferences and other events in the US and around the world. Neecia studied Art History at Williams College in Massachusetts and continues her love of art through a personal passion for interior design, drawing, and painting. Neecia lives in Seattle, Washington where she enjoys spending time with family and taking advantage of the beauty of the Pacific Northwest.
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Nursena Caksen
Associate Graphic Designer
Nursena manages the production of all Girl Up's print and digital assets and designs brand materials.
Nursena (she/her) is a creative design professional passionate about stunning design and visual storytelling for creating a better world. With experience working in global advocacy and communications, she believes in the power of design to take social impact work to the next level. As the Associate Graphic Designer at Girl Up, she manages the production of all print and digital assets and designs brand materials. Her love of art and travel has taken her to many different countries worldwide, where she enjoys learning about new cultures, going to museums, and experiencing new foods. Nursena holds a Certificate in Human Rights from the University of Pennsylvania and currently lives in Washington, DC, where she is pursuing a master’s degree at Georgetown University.
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Patrícia Imada
Senior Manager, Global Operations
Patrícia integrates the Global Operations Management team, supporting the strengthening of Girl Up’s localized impact on a global scale.
Patrícia (she/ela) integrates the Global Operations Management team, supporting the strengthening of Girl Up’s localized impact on a global scale. Throughout experiences in Brazil, Thailand, Peru, and the U.S., she learned a lot about social inequalities, systemic oppression, and the intersections between gender, race, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic class, as well as about herself and her journey as a woman, Latin American, Japanese descendant, and decolonial feminist. With studies in Gender Studies, Social Innovation Management, and International Relations, she served in several social impact projects in the social business, nonprofit, and public sectors. A former Girl Scout, Patrícia continuously seeks the best ways to create a positive, sustainable, and holistic impact through her actions.
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Pragati Singh
SRHRJ Strategy Fellow
Pragati develops the SRHRJ programming for Girl Up as the SRHRJ Strategy Fellow, from the DC office.
Pragati (she/her) is an award-winning innovator in the fields of public health and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, with a passion for building solutions to novel and niche problems. She grew up in Delhi, India, and is presently developing the SRHRJ programming for Girl Up as the SRHRJ Strategy Fellow, from the DC office. Before this, she was building her social enterprise solving unique problems faced by women and gender and sexual minority groups in India and Asia. She’s also writing her first book on asexuality. Outside of work, she enjoys food, culture, hiking, comedy, and dance.
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Priestley Johnson
Director, Girl Up USA
As Director of Girl Up USA, Priestley champions the development of transformative leaders across the country to advance gender justice & promote more opportunities for youth nationwide.
As the new Girl Up USA Director, passionate women and girls advocate, Priestley M. Johnson (she/hers/her) believes every girl deserves access to education, equal opportunities, and the freedom to pursue their dreams without fear or discrimination. Johnson was most recently the National Director of Partnerships for Michelle Obama's voting initiative When We All Vote and had previous experience as the International Women's Forum, the Obama White House Council on Women and Girls, U.S. House of Representatives, and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Hailing from Hartford, CT, Priestley graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C. She enjoys eating gooood food, volleyball, dancing and the beach.
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Sha Ni Wang
Associate, Digital Development
Sha Ni supports various pieces of individual/digital fundraising & facilitates funding agreements and due diligence processes.
With a passion for the nonprofit sector and a strong commitment to gender equity and youth development, Sha Ni (she/her) currently supports various pieces of individual/digital fundraising & facilitates funding agreements and due diligence processes. Before joining Girl Up, she grew her skills in operations, fundraising, and special events at various nonprofits. In her free time, Sha Ni enjoys live music, stand-up comedy, traveling, cooking, singing, and exploring all that NYC has to offer.

Current Teen Advisors
At Girl Up, Teen Advisors are leading Girl Up’s “by girls, for girls” movement, carrying out advocacy goals, providing feedback on our strategy and energizing others to take action for girls around the world.
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Aasha Khan
Waterloo, Canada
Aasha Khan, a grade 10 pre-IB student from Waterloo, Canada, is a passionate activist, social entrepreneur, and dynamic public speaker focused on wome...
Aasha Khan, a grade 10 pre-IB student from Waterloo, Canada, is a passionate activist, social entrepreneur, and dynamic public speaker focused on women’s empowerment and inspiring youth to engage with their community. At the age of thirteen Aasha started a small business selling women’s empowerment calendars designed by herself to raise over $1500 for Girl Up. Through social media, Aasha connected with women-led businesses to promote their products and raise awareness about women’s empowerment. Aasha is also a TEDxYouth speaker. Her talk on how to have a constructive conversation emphasizes looking past our own biases, in order to understand different perspectives and find effective solutions for global issues. She hopes to continue using her voice to better advocate for women’s empowerment and social justice. Her time spent with ChangerMaker Labs at the University of Waterloo, provided Aasha with excellent experience in collaborating with others to innovate solutions for community organizations. As a Girl Up Teen Advisor, she looks forward to having the opportunity to help other young girls overcome the discrimination and inequality they face as women. Aasha is determined that together we can find our passion to build a brighter future.
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Angela Yang
California, USA
Since starting her GirlUp journey three years ago, Angela Yang’s advocacy and public service efforts center around the STEM gender gap and LGBTQIA+ ...
Since starting her GirlUp journey three years ago, Angela Yang’s advocacy and public service efforts center around the STEM gender gap and LGBTQIA+ rights. In her Los Angeles community, she has hosted a STEM To Solve summer camp with funding from the GirlUp STEM Project Award, held all-girl robotics lessons at nearby nonprofit facilities, and is collaborating with her fellow regional leaders. On a nationwide scale, Angela served as the 2023 GirlUp USA Summit emcee and an INSPIRE Session leader. Beyond the US, last fall, she was thrilled to speak to 100+ participants in the global GirlUp STEM Innovation Lab about her efforts starting the first all-girl hackathon in her area. Angela has also collaborated and connected with girls from Russia, Nigeria, and Colombia for an international gender equity forum, menstrual equity talk, fundraising efforts, and more. In college, Angela aspires to weave together her interests in computer science and political science as she continues applying empathetic mentorship and confident youth leadership to amplify GirlUp’s mission wherever she goes. In her free time, she loves binging mystery-comedy shows, jamming out to 90s rap, and making memories with her family!
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Anya Govil
Ohio, USA
Anya Govil is a rising senior at Indian Hill High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is captain of the volleyball team, student body co-president, editor...
Anya Govil is a rising senior at Indian Hill High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is captain of the volleyball team, student body co-president, editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, and a sprinter on the track team. Anya has been apart of Girl Up since 2017 by attending the leadership summits. Upon entering high school, she started a Girl Up club that focuses on combating gender inequality in education by teaching girls in her area how to code and fundraising for computers to give to underprivileged girls in her area. Anya is very excited to continue her Girl Up journey as a 2023-2024 teen advisor in hopes to educate herself further and impact more girls!
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Charlie Levy
New York, USA
Charlie Levy is a high school junior at Saint Ann’s in New York City. She is a dedicated dancer, passionate actress, and aspiring writer. As founder...
Charlie Levy is a high school junior at Saint Ann’s in New York City. She is a dedicated dancer, passionate actress, and aspiring writer. As founder and president of Saint Ann’s Girl Up, Charlie is committed to advocating for reproductive rights and health, as well as combating gender-based sexual violence. She works as Director of Social Media for Befriended, an eating disorder support network, is a board member for PACT, a Jewish teen philanthropy organization, and tutors for ENGin, a foundation that teaches English to Ukrainian youth. Charlie is excited to not only strengthen her leadership and advocacy skills, but also to meet the enthusiastic group she will be working alongside while serving her term as a Girl Up teen advisor.
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Cynthia Medina
Florida, USA
Cynthia M. (she/her) is a current high school senior who describes herself as leader, Florida activist, and movement organizer. She has ample experien...
Cynthia M. (she/her) is a current high school senior who describes herself as leader, Florida activist, and movement organizer. She has ample experience advocating as the Youth Action Organizer and Director of Communications for Women’s Voices of Southwest Florida, the Director of Manatee County for Florida Youth Association, and the Director of Florida at the Youth Legislative Action Committee. She has also activated change as a Girl Up Gender Based Violence Workshop Leader, Florida School Speaker, and LatinX Florida Youth Voice. She joins us as a Latina, first-generation American aiming to speak up for the underrepresented and committed to fighting for the basic rights for all humans.
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Emmanuela Kumi
United Kingdom
Emmanuela Kumi is a 15 year old student activist, particularly passionate about encouraging girls in STEM and gender-based violence from the United Ki...
Emmanuela Kumi is a 15 year old student activist, particularly passionate about encouraging girls in STEM and gender-based violence from the United Kingdom. She was selected for a scholarship to The Knowledge Society’s 2022-23 Innovate programme, deepening her passion for emerging technology and equal access to education. Emmanuela is also part of her School Council and a Senior Prefect, running a campaign called Visible Voices which helps to amplify underrepresented voices in her community. She has been recognised with a Jack Petchey Award and strives to act as a voice empowering young girls like her to thrive and reach their full potential.
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Eylül Erçin
Istanbul, Türkiye
Eylül is a teenage human rights advocate from Istanbul, Türkiye. Her work so far has been through her own non-profit organization, ranging from orga...
Eylül is a teenage human rights advocate from Istanbul, Türkiye. Her work so far has been through her own non-profit organization, ranging from organizing resume workshops for women who seek to gain financial independence to fundraising for the donation of thousands of female hygiene products. Committed to bringing about the change she has wished to see in the world ever since she was just a child, Eylül strives to make an impact not only through activism but also through her work in computer science and the arts. Apart from activism, her time is largely devoted to conducting research projects for the good of humanity, writing and directing plays for the film and theater club she founded, and trying to get the most recent edition of the magazine Chai Monthly ready for publication in time.
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Gabriella Miranda
Utah, USA
Gabriella is a senior, student activist, and writer from Salt Lake City, Utah. She is passionate about all things having to do with reproductive justi...
Gabriella is a senior, student activist, and writer from Salt Lake City, Utah. She is passionate about all things having to do with reproductive justice, racial equality, gender equity, and cultivating empowerment through education and intersectionality. Within her community, she works as an educator for Planned Parenthood as a member of their peer-led sex ed council, serves on the American Institute of Research's national "Youth Engaged 4 Change" editorial board creating content for other youth advocates, and founded her school's "Girls of Color" affinity group. She's worked for the Library of Congress, developing resources centered on activism for their youth-focused exhibits, as well as local non-profits focused on legislative activism. Gabriella adores writing, art history, and anything by Sally Rooney.
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Gloria Mariwa
Kenya
Gloria is an inquisitive young creator from Kenya. She is passionate about football (soccer), STEM and connects them by their lack of gender equity.
Gloria is an inquisitive young creator from Kenya. She is passionate about football (soccer), STEM and connects them by their lack of gender equity.
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Isidora Santander Pizarro
Viña del mar, Chile
Hi my name is Isidora and I am 15 year old activist from Viña del mar, Chile. I thoroughly enjoy STEM, specifically neuroscience and AI. Despite bein...
Hi my name is Isidora and I am 15 year old activist from Viña del mar, Chile. I thoroughly enjoy STEM, specifically neuroscience and AI. Despite being an overall scientific person, I enjoy reading and debating as well. Hence, I am keen on closing the gender gap in STEM and fighting for girl's education all around the world through public speaking and activism. That is why I founded my school's debating club and form part of the directory of an organization called AMUJI (association of women for ideas). Moreover, I have participated in MUN conferences, which rose my interest in cyber security rights and biases in AI. This endeavors, though seemingly different, share a common denominator - to build a community where every individual regardless of their background, can thrive on a level playing field. Empowering girls to be the leader they aspire to be
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Kelly Chaves
Brasil
Kelly Chaves is a 16-year-old student from Brazil. She is a passionate advocate for education, gender equality, child protection and women in STEM. Cu...
Kelly Chaves is a 16-year-old student from Brazil. She is a passionate advocate for education, gender equality, child protection and women in STEM. Currently a rising high school sophomore, she is committed to her role as a class representative and firmly believes that education is the key to changing the world. Passionate about science, Kelly actively participates in scientific olympiads, where she has been recognized with awards and launched initiatives to promote girls' participation in science olympiads. As an education advocate, Kelly has been involved in various initiatives such as the Latin American Leadership Academy and UNICEF, firmly believing that empowering youth paves the way to a positive impact on society. Committed to global issues, Kelly is striving to contribute through her advocacy and passion to a more equitable and sustainable world. With a profound interest in medicine and politics, she intends to pursue either medicine or political science. Serving as a Teen Advisor for Girl Up, Kelly strives to be a voice empowering girls everywhere.
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Lilian Paredes
Peru
An Indigenous Peruvian activist, dedicated to promoting culture, defending gender equality and advocating for the rights of children and adolescents.
An Indigenous Peruvian activist, dedicated to promoting culture, defending gender equality and advocating for the rights of children and adolescents.
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Lilianne Asokwah
Texas, USA
Lilianne Asokwah is a 16-year-old writer and activist from Mansfield, Texas. Her passions lie in mitigating period poverty and ensuring every girl has...
Lilianne Asokwah is a 16-year-old writer and activist from Mansfield, Texas. Her passions lie in mitigating period poverty and ensuring every girl has the right to an education. Lilianne founded and currently leads a Girl Up club at her school where she organizes annual menstrual products drive and works to engage her local community in intersectionality. Alongside Girl Up, Lilianne currently serves on her city's youth council and is affiliated with many youth-led nonprofits. As a first-generation Ghanaian-American, Lilianne cares deeply about geopolitics and hopes to pursue international human rights law at an NGO. In her free time, Lilianne enjoys binging reality tv-shows centered on love, ranging from Married At First Sight to the entirety of the 90 Day Fiance franchise and listening to Taylor Swift.
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Luna Ramírez
Bogotá, Colombia
Luna Ramírez is a high school student and teen leader from Bogotá, Colombia. She is a passionate learner who aims at advancing sustainable practices...
Luna Ramírez is a high school student and teen leader from Bogotá, Colombia. She is a passionate learner who aims at advancing sustainable practices through the connections between gender equality, climate justice and environmental sciences. She aspires to work in rural development, environmental conservation and target the climate crisis by supporting girls to have greater involvement in climate action. Pursuing a career in biological and environmental engineering with an emphasis on development studies, she is currently a Research Editor at Youth STEM Matters, an international youth-led scientific journal, and has participated in the International Junior Science Olympiad after being awarded Second Place at the Colombian National Science Olympiad. Through her work, she has developed initiatives to advance the outreach of Comprehensive Sexuality Education to vulnerable communities, promote environmental education and youth advocacy as an organiser of COPinBogotá and worked towards peacebuilding and female empowerment through STEM as an Operations Manager in ASOFI (Women's Association of Innovation for Rural Development).
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Lutfiya Inusah
Ghana
Hi! My name is Lutfiya and I am a 17 year old activist from Ghana. I am passionate about advocating for SRHRJ, Education, and Gender Based Violence an...
Hi! My name is Lutfiya and I am a 17 year old activist from Ghana. I am passionate about advocating for SRHRJ, Education, and Gender Based Violence and heavily involved with volunteer initiatives in my community. I love music and am hoping to improve my critical thinking and problem solving skills during my time on the Teen Advisor Board.
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Nirvana Talukder
Sydney, Australia
Hi my name is Nirvana Talukder. I am a 16-year -old high school senior at Sydney Girls High School. I am a climate justice and gender equality advocat...
Hi my name is Nirvana Talukder. I am a 16-year -old high school senior at Sydney Girls High School. I am a climate justice and gender equality advocate who's work primarily focuses on the intersection between the climate crisis and gender inequality. In 2022, I joined the Sydney and Australia (national) contingents of School Strike for Climate, the organisation behind the Fridays4Future movement. My work in advocating for a sustainable and equitable future extends through my participating in other climate committees such as AYCC. From here I have gone on to work with countless communities across the country to resolve issues surrounding climate justice, whilst working with grassroots organisations and communities by first nations and female activists to address key issues in the movement. From working with policymakers and government officials to students within the school community, to ensure the voices and concerns of youth are heard and addressed. Serving as the Public Speaking captain at my girls school, I value the importance of empowering and enabling young women to express themselves and create their own mark in the world, championing for gender equality and equal female representation in public speaking and leadership spheres. In late 2022, I launched my youth-powered organisation, Our People's Aid, a digital forum for storytelling that amplifies the narratives of women across the world.
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Pranavaa Giri
Tamil Nadu, India
Pranavaa Giri is a passionate 16-year-old Girl Up Club Leader and Teen Advisor from Tamil Nadu, India. Her Girl Up journey started in 2021 when she st...
Pranavaa Giri is a passionate 16-year-old Girl Up Club Leader and Teen Advisor from Tamil Nadu, India. Her Girl Up journey started in 2021 when she started her own club to advocate positive social change in the small city she resides in. She is currently the School Pupil Leader of her school, president of Girl Up TIPSE, an avid MUNer and speaker. Pranavaa believes in the power of creating cohesive solutions to solve global problems through research and debate. She cares about issues of Violence against Women, Mental Health and Education. During her downtime, one will probably find her listening to music (particularly Taylor Swift) and writing poetry in her journal, which she will post on her personal blog later. Pranavaa hopes to continue making the world more inclusive and to empower girls all over the world, especially in developing countries.
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Saranya Singh
California, USA
Saranya Singh (she/her) is a rising senior at Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California. Last year, she was the Girl Up Northern California ...
Saranya Singh (she/her) is a rising senior at Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California. Last year, she was the Girl Up Northern California Coalition leader and led 40+ clubs in the Bay Area, organized a coalition summit, and met with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representative Mark DeSaulnier to advocate for the “Keeping Girls In School Act”. As a Black Belt in Taekwondo, she is passionate about self-defense and has hosted many self-defense workshops for young girls, including at the Girl Up 2020 Leadership Summit and at Girl Up Sports Bootcamps. Outside Girl Up, Saranya is an active LD debater. She is president of her school’s Speech and Debate Team, the national organization for gender minorities in debate (Women in debate), and the national organization for low-income and small school debaters (Peptalk). In her free time, Saranya likes to read and play with her pet cockatiel, Don.
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Saundarya Nair
Uttar Pradesh, India
Saundarya Nair is a Girl Up Leader from India, who is passionate about SRHRJ, gender based violence and women in sports amongst other issue areas. She...
Saundarya Nair is a Girl Up Leader from India, who is passionate about SRHRJ, gender based violence and women in sports amongst other issue areas. She is an active part of multiple missions and projects based on climate action, menstrual hygiene, promoting gender-safe spaces, cultural awareness, and financial independence for rural women. She is also an enthusiastic public speaker, and has represented both Girl Up and Girl Up India in events ranging from The Pad Project's annual Bleed Green event to UNA-USA's InterGenerational MUN and YOUNGA's delegate training programmes. Her favourite Girl Up memories include interviewing WNBA star Candace Parker, leading an INSPIRE Session on intersectional feminist history at Girl Up's Global Leadership Summit, co-hosting a Summit workshop on the mental and reproductive health of female athletes, presenting at the inaugural Sports Innovation Lab, facilitating the GBV pilot programme and being a Teen Advisor in 2022-23 class.
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Shanum Sarkar
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Shanum Sarkar (she/they) is a student based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She is driven by social justice (but fueled by caffeine and raccoon memes :)). Dedic...
Shanum Sarkar (she/they) is a student based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She is driven by social justice (but fueled by caffeine and raccoon memes :)). Dedicated to creating a safer environment for LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent students, Shanum actively advocates for their rights. In her free time, she enjoys writing about pressing issues, delving into novels that have shaped feminism, and expressing creativity through painting.
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Tessa Kiyonaga
Maryland, USA
Tessa Kiyonaga is a passionate advocate for social justice, education equity, mental health and juvenile justice issues. She is a rising junior at Sto...
Tessa Kiyonaga is a passionate advocate for social justice, education equity, mental health and juvenile justice issues. She is a rising junior at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Maryland where she advocates to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health within the student-athlete community as a member of the Morgan’s Message club and, as a member of the Denim Ribbon Project, works to raise awareness about rare disease. Tessa has been selected to participate in the National Sacred Heart Network’s Juvenile Justice service program and to serve as a high school volunteer at Washington DC’s Children’s National Hospital Center. Since middle school, Tesaa has been a member of GirlsUP, Inc., a DC non-profit committed to inspiring a deep and authentic sense of self in young girls. Throughout her high school years, Tessa has been a vibrant member of the GIrlsUP Teen Advisory Board, where she has served as a co-leader of its Communication and Team-Building Committees. In her free time, Tessa loves to read, write, bake, go for walks, and play the piano.
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Tessa Michaelidis
Washington DC, USA
Tessa (she/her) is currently a junior in high school living in Washington D.C. I love listening to music (mostly Taylor Swift), talking with friends o...
Tessa (she/her) is currently a junior in high school living in Washington D.C. I love listening to music (mostly Taylor Swift), talking with friends over coffee, and traveling. I also row crew for my school and for my local club team in D.C. I love making new friends, talking about important topics, and learning more about the world around me. I’m so excited for this coming year and to be a Girl Up Teen Advisor!!!
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Yehansa Dayarathna
Dubai, UAE
Yehansa Dayarathna is a sports and STEM enthusiast from the UAE. Yehansa has been a basketball player for over eight years, significantly shaping her ...
Yehansa Dayarathna is a sports and STEM enthusiast from the UAE. Yehansa has been a basketball player for over eight years, significantly shaping her into who she is today. She believes that sports bring out the best in people and aims to inspire and empower girls worldwide to embrace sports and their many opportunities. She aspires to pursue a career in the healthcare and research field to help support women’s health and advocate to help overcome the underlying problems women face regarding their well-being, including mental health, period poverty, etc. Her love for the game and science led to many achievements, including being part of the NBA Basketball school in Dubai. In addition, she has won numerous awards for her achievements, which are, being on Live NBA TV and winning multiple international competitions ranging from olympiads to research programs! As a learning enthusiast, she believes knowledge is power and strives to help bridge the gap in STEM fields and establish gender equity. She has been involved with Girl Up for more than three years and founded the GirlUp@Dubai Scholars in her community. During the past two years, she has been allowed to grow her activism by participating in forums, podcasts, or meeting people worldwide. Yehansa is excited to continue her journey with Girl Up this coming year and hopes to have an impact on young girls like herself.
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Zoe Lenz
Arizona, USA
Zoe Lenz (she/they) is a student activist based in Arizona. All her life, she has been a feminist. Zoe works to make her school, state, and world safe...
Zoe Lenz (she/they) is a student activist based in Arizona. All her life, she has been a feminist. Zoe works to make her school, state, and world safer for LGBT+ students. She is the president and founder of her school GSA and literary magazine, and the Vice President of the Herstory/Girl Up club. In her free time, she likes to read, write, act in local and school plays, and spend time with friends.

Alumni Teen Advisors
At Girl Up, Teen Advisors are leading Girl Up’s “by girls, for girls” movement, carrying out advocacy goals, providing feedback on our strategy and energizing others to take action for girls around the world.
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Angie Partida
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2010-2011
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Bridget Duru
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2010-2011
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Darya Pishevar
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2010-2011
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Erica Lamberson
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2010-2011
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Hadley Walsh
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2010-2011
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Hannah Salwen
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2010-2011
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Isabella Solimene
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2010-2011
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Itzel Delgado
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2010-2011
Co-chair
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Jenna Bailey
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2010-2011
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Jillian Medina
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2010-2011
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Karina Jougla
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2010-2011
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Katherine Cochran
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2010-2011
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Lily Kaplan
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2010-2011
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Mia Gutierrez
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2010-2011
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Olivia Layton
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2010-2011
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Shannon McNamara
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2010-2011
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Sydney Medina
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2010-2011
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Aditi Pradhan
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2011-2012
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Angelique Gaston
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2011-2012
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Annie Kiyonga
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2011-2012
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Avery McCall
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2011-2012
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Charlotte May
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2011-2012
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Eliora Katz
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2011-2012
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Itzel Delgado
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2011-2012
Co-chair
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Jillian Murray
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2011-2012
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Joi Collete Stevens
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2011-2012
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Karina Jougla
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2011-2012
Co-chair
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Lucy Lohrmann
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2011-2012
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Priyanka Jain
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2011-2012
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Remy Arthur
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2011-2012
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Rocio Ortega
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2011-2012
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Alexa Brewster
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2012-2013
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Annie Gersh
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2012-2013
Co-chair
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Archana Somasegar
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2012-2013
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Delia Friel
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2012-2013
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Emily Harwell
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2012-2013
Co-chair
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Eva (YingYing) Shang
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2012-2013
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Ines Renique
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2012-2013
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Martha Zuniga
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2012-2013
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Meghan Murray
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2012-2013
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Munira Khalif
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2012-2013
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Natasha Madorsky
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2012-2013
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Riya Singh
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2012-2013
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Sarah Gale
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2012-2013
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Sofia Stafford
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2012-2013
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Sri Muppidi
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2012-2013
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Tanya Devani
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2012-2013
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Aklesiya Dejene
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Alex Leone
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Alexis Kallen
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Amanda Hart
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Anna McGuire
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Carly Bandt
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Emma Knoll
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Giuliana Gabellini
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Gloria Samen
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Julia Sumouske
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Kaitlin Hung
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Kate McCollum
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Lindsay Schrier
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Mehar Gujral
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Priscilla Guo
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Raven Delk
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Riya Singh
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
Co-Chair
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Sarah Gordon
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Valeria Hansen
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2013-2014
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Alexandra Intriago
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2014-2015
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Amy Gong Liu
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2014-2015
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Anna McGuire
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2014-2015
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Hayley Peacock
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2014-2015
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Ishana Nigam
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2014-2015
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Janet Diaz
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2014-2015
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Janet Ho
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2014-2015
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Jessica Bishai
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2014-2015
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Kennede Reese
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2014-2015
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Morgan Wood
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2014-2015
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Rebecca Ruvalcaba
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2014-2015
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Ruhy Patel
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2014-2015
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Sarah Gordon
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2014-2015
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Sarah Khimjee
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2014-2015
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Simone Cowan
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2014-2015
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Sydney Baumgardt
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2014-2015
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Thandiwe Diego
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2014-2015
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Adrianne Owings
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
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Alina Guyon
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
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Claire Brito
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
Co-chair
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Dorsa Moslehi
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
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Fidelity Ballmer
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
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Fiona Adams
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
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Grace Wong
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
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Imani Brooks
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
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Kyung Mi Lee
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
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Maisie Kirn
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
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Nehal Jain
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
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Noorhan Amani
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
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Sabah Hussain
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
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Sarah Gulley
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
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Sarah Hesterman
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
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Sophie Tegenu
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
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Vanessa Valdez
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
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Yardena Gerwin
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2015-2016
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Allie Zehner
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2016-2017
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Annabelle Lee
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2016-2017
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Becca Bean
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2016-2017
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Ellie Yeo
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2016-2017
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Faatimah Solomon
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2016-2017
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Grace Rabinowitz
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2016-2017
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Kathy Kong
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2016-2017
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Katrina Sousounis
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2016-2017
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Kyung Mi Lee
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2016-2017
Co-chair
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Leah Adelman
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2016-2017
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Lee Schwartz
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2016-2017
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Maria Aldana
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2016-2017
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Meg Schwartz
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2016-2017
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Sarina Divan
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2016-2017
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Sarra Alayyan
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2016-2017
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Shayla Zamora
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2016-2017
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Sophia Danielpour
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2016-2017
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Alissa Flores
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
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Amanda Backal
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
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Angelica Almonte
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
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Angie Jiang
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
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Chanice Lee
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
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Connie Wu
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
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Fasica Mersha
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
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Jada Young
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
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Khushi Gandhi
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
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Lauren Woodhouse
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
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Lavanya Singh
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
Co-chair
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Leslie Arroyo
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
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Maitri Khera
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
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Mary Di Martino
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
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Munira Alimire
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
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Paola Celeste Alanís Ricárdez
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
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Rachel Auslander
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
Co-chair
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Sawyer Taylor Arnold
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2017-2018
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Alexandra Riginos
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Desiree Junfijiah
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Elana Denver
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Elina Govil
Girl Up Teen Advisor Co-Chair 2018-2019
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Eva Jones
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Fatimata Cham
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Helena Branco
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Ina Bhoopalam
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Ines Gartote
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Kavita Rai
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Laura Solano-Florez
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Leena Abdelmoity
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Libby Foster
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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ShuShu Crevoshay
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Toni Bamisaye
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
London, United Kingdom
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Valeria Colunga
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Abigail Estrada
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
Elgin, United States
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Alessandra Mitchell
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Ali Cohen
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Alliyah Logan
Girl Up Teen Advisor
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Anusha Tandon
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Aria Yang
Girl Up Teen Advisor
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Aya Alagha
Girl Up Teen Advisor
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Aya Labban
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Bethel Kyeza
2019-2020 Teen Advisor
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Claire Duffy
2019-2020 Teen Advisor
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Deborah Chumbu
2019-2020 Teen Advisor
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Eugenie Park
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2018-2019
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Felicia Xiong
2019-2020 Teen Advisor
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Ganna Omar
2019-2020 Teen Advisor
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Georgia Shakeshaft
2019-2020 Teen Advisor
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Isabelle Hernandez
2019-2020 Teen Advisor
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Mariam Mustafa
2019-2020 Teen Advisor
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Misk Khalif
2019-2020 Teen Advisor
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Nora Di Martino
2019-2020 Teen Advisor
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Quinn McGill
2019-2020 Teen Advisor
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Rebecca Fairweather
2019-2020 Teen Advisor
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Riya Goel
2019-2020 Teen Advisor
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Rym Badran
2019-2020 Teen Advisor
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Sofia Scarlat
2019-2020 Teen Advisor
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Tanushah Ramadass
2019-2020 Teen Advisor
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Vanessa Louis-Jean
2019-2020 Teen Advisor
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Amatullah Turner
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Amelia Marcum
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Amina Salahou
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Anagaby Litz
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Angela Zhang
Los Angeles, United States
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Angelina Perez
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Danielle Villafaña
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Emily Lin
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Ivonne Ortega
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Izabella Pollett
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Laura Julia Fleischmann
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Maeve Murray
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Maya Cabrera
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Melissa Simplicio
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Michelle Soneye
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Peri Perkins
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Salomé Beyer
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Shania Hurtado Valbuena
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Trisha Venkatesh
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Winter Ashley
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Yakira Pinillos Linares
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2020-2021
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Abigail Snyder
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Akshaya Pai
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Alex Gliwinski
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Amelia Castillo
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Christine Crilley
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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CJ Calica
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Denia Smith
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Fatima Abylgazina
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Kaitlyn Tran
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Lamya Butt
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Louise Sanches
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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María Fernanda León
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Michelle Chewon Moon
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Mingxin Wang
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Mofiyin Onanuga
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Mwansa Thewo
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Ogechi Okafor
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Rene Essel
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Rocío Mejía
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Sriya Chippalthurty
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Subah Saiyara Mahbub
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Tatiana Fahie
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Victoria Ortiz
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2021-2022
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Alex Gliwinski
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Alice Paredes
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Ammielle Wambo Becker
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Ana Beatriz Lopes de Souza
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Ananya Bhatia
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Burke Jarrett
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Dhira Dharmakusuma
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Isabel Liu
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Jubi Oladipo
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Juliette Hulsizer
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Katie McCabe
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Laura Gomezjurado
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Liliana Talino
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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María José Pérez Aguirre
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Natalia Perez Morales
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Nishita Sujan
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Nora Mitchell
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Raina Batra
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Rene Essel
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Sarah Kapesa
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Sarah Ouardaoui
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Sriya Chippalthurty
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023
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Varija Mehta
Girl Up Teen Advisor 2022-2023

Advisory Board
As entrepreneurs, advocates, and business and industry leaders, our Advisory Board lends their expertise to the growth and sustainability of Girl Up, helping us continue to build this movement to reach girls worldwide.
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Angélica Fuentes
Girl Up Advisory Board
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Anna Blue
Girl Up Advisory Board
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Anu Jain
Girl Up Advisory Board
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Charlotte Hayes
Girl Up Advisory Board
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Ellen Goldsmith-Vein
Girl Up Advisory Board
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Jennifer DaSilva
Girl Up Advisory Board
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Julie Carrier
Girl Up Advisory Board
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Karen Miller
Girl Up Advisory Board
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Kylie Schuyler
Girl Up Advisory Board
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LaVerne H. Council
Girl Up Advisory Board
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Mohammed Farshori
Girl Up Advisory Board
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Shaun Robinson
Girl Up Advisory Board
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Susan Sherrerd
Girl Up Advisory Board
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Tina Wells
Girl Up Advisory Board
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Akila Somasegar
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board
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Anjula Acharia
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board
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Anne Fulenwider
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board
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Arielle Gross Samuels
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory
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Carmen Ana Amell
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory
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Cathy Schulman
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board
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Davis Smith
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board
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Draisa Gale
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board
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Estelle McGechie
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board
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Jacki Zehner
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board
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John Gerzema
Girl Up Advisory Board
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Lilia Luciano
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board
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Liz Plank
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board
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Michelle King
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board
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Molly Rudberg
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board
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Pauline Miller
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board
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Rhonda Adams Medina
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board
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Rita Rodriguez
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board
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Shelmina Abji
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board
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Tawny Saez
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board
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Zain Habboo
Emeritus Girl Up Advisory Board

Celebrity Champions
Girl Up Champions use their platforms to spread the word about Girl Up and its work.
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Brooklyn and Bailey
Girl Up Champion
The 19-year-old, Texas-based identical twins burst onto the scene back in 2013 with their YouTube channel, BrooklynAndBailey. They bill their channel...
The 19-year-old, Texas-based identical twins burst onto the scene back in 2013 with their YouTube channel, BrooklynAndBailey. They bill their channel as being "devoted with all things fun... including family vlogs, college life, crafting, fashion and beauty." As of this writing, the channel has racked up more than 6 million subscribers. Over on Instagram, the girls have more than five million followers on their joint account.
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Cara Delevingne
Girl Up Champion
“I’m truly honored to add my voice to the work Girl Up is doing to empower young women and create an entire generation of female leaders. As I’v...
“I’m truly honored to add my voice to the work Girl Up is doing to empower young women and create an entire generation of female leaders. As I’ve traveled the world, I’ve seen the power that investing in girls can have. An empowered and supported girl is an incredible force for change; a change I am now excited to be a part of,” said Cara Delevingne of her new role as a Girl Up Champion.
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Katherine McNamara
Girl Up Champion
Missouri native Katherine McNamara is an up-and-coming young starlet who can currently be seen starring as the lead ‘Clary Fray’ in the brand new ...
Missouri native Katherine McNamara is an up-and-coming young starlet who can currently be seen starring as the lead ‘Clary Fray’ in the brand new Freeform series “Shadowhunters,” (January 2016); a book-to-screen adaptation of the bestselling “The Mortal Instruments” book series. News of her casting traveled fast and wide, including Deadline, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and The Wrap, to name a few. The series premiered to stellar ratings, being the #1 series debut in more than two years.
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Malia Baker
Girl Up Champion
Actress Malia Baker, the breakout star of Netflix's hit series "The Baby-Sitter's Club," was born in Botswana and moved to Vancouver, BC, Canada as a ...
Actress Malia Baker, the breakout star of Netflix's hit series "The Baby-Sitter's Club," was born in Botswana and moved to Vancouver, BC, Canada as a young girl. Malia's global perspective has been shaped by her experiences as a child in Botswana, fully understanding the need for humanity and compassion. She uses her platform to inspire and empower young girls to use their voices for change and equality.
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Monique Coleman
Girl Up Champion
Monique Coleman is most recognized as Taylor McKessie from the tremendously successful High School Musical franchise, as well as the 4th place contest...
Monique Coleman is most recognized as Taylor McKessie from the tremendously successful High School Musical franchise, as well as the 4th place contestant on season 3 of ABC's hit show, Dancing with the Stars. Adding to her list of many achievements, Monique has received two Teen Choice Awards, a Billboard Award, an NAACP Legacy Award, and a Camie for her role in the Hallmark Film,The Reading Room, starring opposite James Earl Jones.
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Nigel Barker
Girl Up Champion
Nigel Barker, internationally renowned fashion photographer, filmmaker, TV personality, author, humanitarian and father of two, is supporting the Girl...
Nigel Barker, internationally renowned fashion photographer, filmmaker, TV personality, author, humanitarian and father of two, is supporting the Girl Up as one of its champions, joining the movement to improve the lives of adolescent girls in the developing world. Nigel is best known as a photographer and judge on the show, America’s Next Top Model.
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Priyanka Chopra
Girl Up Champion
An award-winning Bollywood icon who has appeared in more than 40 films, Priyanka Chopra is one of India’s and America's most celebrated actresses. S...
An award-winning Bollywood icon who has appeared in more than 40 films, Priyanka Chopra is one of India’s and America's most celebrated actresses. She made her acting debut in the 2002 Tamil film Thamizhan and has since won a National Film Award for Best Actress and Filmfare Awards in four categories.
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Rebecca Soni
Girl Up Champion
As a Girl Up champion, three-time Olympic medalist Rebecca Soni will go from shattering world swimming records to mobilizing American girls to advocat...
As a Girl Up champion, three-time Olympic medalist Rebecca Soni will go from shattering world swimming records to mobilizing American girls to advocate for the world’s most marginalized girls, particularly in developing countries. “Through my partnership with Girl Up, I’m excited to encourage American girls to channel their energy and compassion into becoming powerful forces for change in the lives of their peers in developing countries,” said Soni.
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Victoria Justice
Girl Up Champion
Victoria starred in her own hit Nickelodeon series, “Victorious.” She played the musically talented “Tori Vega,” who unexpectedly finds hersel...
Victoria starred in her own hit Nickelodeon series, “Victorious.” She played the musically talented “Tori Vega,” who unexpectedly finds herself navigating life as a student at an elite performing arts high school. Throughout the show’s duration, Victorious was the #1 live action comedy series in it’s time slot on all TV, with kids 6-17, reaching 40.4 Million kids, teens and tweens each quarter. Victorious also won “Favorite TV Show” at the Kids Choice Awards in 2012 and 2013.
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Wade Davis
Girl Up Champion
Former NFL player Wade Davis is a thought leader, writer, public speaker, and educator on gender, race, and orientation equality. Wade is the NFL’s ...
Former NFL player Wade Davis is a thought leader, writer, public speaker, and educator on gender, race, and orientation equality. Wade is the NFL’s first LGBT inclusion consultant and currently consults for numerous professional sports leagues on issues at the intersection sexism, racism, and homophobia.
Beyond his work in sports, Wade currently consults for Netflix, Google, Viacom, and others to co-create transformative solutions to build inclusive corporate cultures.