Dear Sisters, Don't let anyone silence the story inside of you! Sincerely, Dr. J

In honor of International Women’s Day (and month!) we have invited Dr. Julia Garcia to talk about female empowerment and leadership. Dr. Julia Garcia, or Dr. J, has a powerful speaking style, edgy performance poetry, small n’ mighty tech start up, and doctoral research that has impacted over half a million lives within the 12 years she has been speaking to audiences. She creates safe spaces for sharing meaningful stories and beautiful diversity. She gives students the opportunity to feel seen, heard and be truly connected.

Using social impact as a mighty pen to rewrite stories by identifying obstacles standing in the way of achieving your personal, academic, and professional goals. As the creator of a digital tool sparking courageous conversations around race and inequity online, everyone can receive the opportunity to rise up, join together and continue to build their community piece by piece. Her emotional support network provides people a chance to remember that we are better together and united. She is a published author whose spoken word videos have garnered over 60,000+ views and her diverse background makes her one of the most critical and relevant voices of our generation. Dr. J isn’t 2-D, choosing to focus on women's leadership but also other aspects that affect women everyday. Including diversity, inclusion/exclusion, technology, and the prevalent social and emotional health. She works on helping women in both professional and cultural development so that women can succeed individually and together.

We encourage anyone who wants to support female empowerment and celebrate International Women’s Day to join us on March 3rd, 2021 at 4pm. Dr. J strives to create a positive, empowering, and safe space to learn about female empowerment and will give us tools to support women in the future. Dr. J reminds us, no-matter the social distance we don’t ever have to stay silent.