Cora Bixby ’28: Young Women's Leadership Challenge Mentor at The Pangea Network

The Pangea Network is an international nonprofit (in Kenya and the United States). Its U.S. program, the Young Women's Leadership Challenge (YWLC), is a year-long leadership program for high school young women that begins with a six-day summer conference and continues through the year with the Take Action Challenge (TAC), a self-designed community service project.

Skills I learned:

• Mentorship and coaching across two weeks of conferences, (116 girls) and one-on-one guidance in designing and executing their TAC.
• Cross-cultural communication and adaptation across a diverse cohort, including refugees.
• Data processing and analysis, translating participant outcomes into program improvements for the next cohort.
  
  

How it informed my career aspirations

• Piqued my interest in International Development and mission driven work

Favorite part

• Watching so many young women become empowered and driven to make change

Intership funded by the Preston Public Interest Career Fund