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Our Favorite 2014 Holiday Gift Guides

If you're still looking for gifts for the SheHeroes and Heroes in your life, you're not too late to find gifts with strong empowering message or that are gender neutral and perfect for all people left on your holiday shopping list. And we have the perfect Holiday Gift Guides to help! We have compiled a handful […]

Help Us Inspire Girls by Connecting Them to Role Models in STEM

Physicist and astronaut Sally Ride once said: “Young girls need to see role models in whatever careers they may choose, just so they can picture themselves doing those jobs someday. You can’t be what you can’t see.” This is precisely our philosophy here at SheHeroes. Our goal is to inspire and empower girls, ages 8-14, to pursue non-traditional […]

Emily Calandrelli Shows Off Coolest Aspects Of Space In New FOX Show

We are excited to launch our Everyday Sheheroes series with the amazing Emily Calendrelli. In our interview with us she talks about her career, her interest in math as a girl, how the "imposter syndrome" is her biggest obstacle, and her awesome gig as a host on the new show Xploration Station. Emily Calendrelli interview […]

Dr. Rebecca Hains on Ditching Photoshop for Healthy Girls

By Rebecca Hains; cross-posted with permission Yesterday, I spoke with CBC Radio about the Brave Girls Alliance’s #TruthInAds campaign, explaining why we’re asking advertisers to stop deceptively Photoshopping people’s bodies. The body alterations that are now routine in ads are contributing to a public health crisis—one disproportionately affecting children, teen girls, and women. I also shared […]

Julia Child and the Joy of Imperfection

By Pia Guerrero, Executive Director Today would have been Julia Child’s 102nd birthday and here at SheHero’s we're celebrating. Child was the first woman inducted into the Culinary Institute of America’s Hall of Fame—and, for the record, my grandmother’s cousin. Growing up in my home I learned a lot about Julia, although less about her […]

"It Was a Dark and Stormy Night"... Passing Down Your Favorite Stories and Books

It was a dark and stormy night. It’s a legendary line that has been used in books since 1830. But for me I associate that line with what was one of my favorite books in childhood. I was in the 4th grade the first time I read those words in the opening paragraph of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time. It’s […]

Kacy Catanzaro: American Ninja Warrior-- SheHero Style!

It’s funny the places we some times find the coolest SheHeroes to look up to. A few years back my kids and I discovered the show American Ninja Warrior. This show is the American version of a Japanese show that pits the toughest athletes against an obstacle course that is almost impossible to tackle. It […]

Mermaids, Dolphin Trainers and Kindergarten Girls

What Kindergarten Girls in Silicon Valley Aspire to Be (circa 2014) By Steve Ko; cross-posted with permission from Medium.com A few weekends ago, I brought my daughters (ages 4 and 7) to Snip-Its for their haircuts. Snip-Its is a hair salon for kids, and like many other businesses that cater to children, Snip-Its offers birthday […]

In Honor of SheHeroes Who Run

Bu Meghan Harvey Earlier this week Boston Marathon history was made as thousands of athletes competed to display their competitive skill and to honor of those lost in last years tragedy. This week has been bitter sweet as we remember those that didn't get to cross the finish line last year. But the highlight of […]

Truth-in-Ads Campaign Aims to Stop Advertising That Hurts Our Kids

53% of 13 year-old girls are unhappy with their bodies; by the time they are 17, it will be 78%. The 3 most common mental health issues amongst girls -- depression, low self-esteem and eating disorders,-- can be linked to the images they see of themselves in the media. And boys are impacted also, with […]

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