Social Impact Heroes: How Sonya & Tedi Serge of ‘Girl Powerful’ are empowering girls to feel seen, valued and heard

You’re going to want to quit. Entrepreneurship is hard. Being of service to other people is harder. No one knows about the hours you put into helping others and most of the time you don’t get a thank you. Everytime Tedi and I wanted to throw in the towel, we pushed through. We pushed through because we would think about the girls we were helping and something good always came out on the other side.

As part of my series about companies and organizations making an important social impact, I had the pleasure of interviewing Sonya Serge and Tedi Serge, Co-founders of Girl Powerful®.

Sand Sisters Los Angeles’ Girl Powerful™ program is a youth empowerment 501(c)3, co-founded by sisters Tedi and Sonya Serge, designed to give female youth the tools to build a strong sense of self. Their mission is to make all girls feel seen, valued and heard.™ Their Girl Powerful philosophy & mental health curriculum is based on socio-emotional learning (SEL) and is endorsed by L…