While the magazine is on an indefinite hiatus, I’ve been involved as Program Director for a non-profit called Dynamic Girls that launched a pilot program in Los Angeles; initiating a pipeline to increase socioeconomic diversity within the Creative Industries.

Dynamic Girls was founded with a mission to create job training and career opportunities in Creative Industries for underserved young women in our communities. Through training and internship programs, we strive to increase socioeconomic, racial and gender diversity in the creative fields.

This engagement offers students valuable information regarding the roles, rates of pay and expectations associated with the many careers available in Creative Industries.A key reason any group is under-represented in an industry is due to a lack of exposure and access to that industry; which Dynamic Girls strives to change. Through these critical initial steps, we can work together to create a pipeline to success, hope and new opportunities!

Much like everything else in the new year, 2021 poses new challenges as we work to adapt to creative learning environments presented by online distanced-learning due to COVID-19, but that also allows us to expand mentorship opportunities worldwide as we work to expand our program nationwide.

Here's a brief rundown of what a mentorship/internship looks like:

Mentorships are typically offered as a semester-long internship program, approximately 12 weeks in total. The girls receive school credit toward graduation when they complete two hours of on the job training, two days per week with their mentor.
Typically, mentorships/internships are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-3 pm, but depending on the schedule of the intern selected, this can be restructured.
Your intern/mentee will be responsible for showing up to her internship, just as she would a real job.
At the end of the semester, your intern will apply your training and advice toward a 45 minute long presentation answering their year long “essential question.” This is a self reflective question they have committed to answering at the beginning of the year, and the presentation helps them think critically about what they have learned in their internship. We encourage you to work closely with your mentee during this process; offer advice and attend their school presentation. It is one of the most rewarding moments of the mentor/mentee relationship.

tl;dr: I'm reaching out to cast our net far and wide to those who might be interested in becoming a mentor to young creative.

If this sounds like something you'd like to be involved with, fill out the form below to get in touch!

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Much love and respect,

Meg Wachter

Got a Girl Crush Co-founder, Editor-in-Chief

Program Director of Dynamic Girls