Our Shining Girls at the Shining Women, Bright Futures speaker series

BOSTON, MA—This past Thursday, at the first meeting of SCORES’ Shining Women, Bright Futures speaker series, 14 6^th to 8^th grade SCORES girls at the Umana Barnes School met with two fantastic professional women. For the first meeting, Greta Teller, a sports marketing professional, and Jacqui Bowman, Deputy director of greater Boston Legal Services, volunteered their time to share their life experiences with the girls. Sitting around a large round table, the girls took turns asking Greta and Jaqui questions about topics such as where they went to college, and how they chose their careers. The enthusiasm of the girls for the opportunity was evident to everyone watching: Greta was happy to say that “it was definitely something [the girls] think is important, thinking about what to do. When we sat down, they took the floor and ran.”  SCORES’ Shining Women, Bright Futures speaker series, which brings successful professional women in the Boston community in to talk with SCORES students, will continue throughout the winter.

If you would like to volunteer as a speaker yourself for one of the meetings, you can email Anne Strong at astrong@americascores.org