Niñas Arriba means Girls Rising. In 2009, Gina Chavez and Jodi Granado were teaching English in El Salvador at the Maria Auxiliadora School, a Catholic institution that aims to educate the “poorest of the poor.” One day, they asked their senior class who wanted to go to college. Every hand shot up. Then they asked who was planning to attend college. Every hand dropped…
WE’RE BACK!
Dec 15, 2024 fundraiser in Austin
Join us for our first in-person fundraiser since before the pandemic. Grab your ugliest holiday sweater and come ready for an evening of music, libations, crafts and community — we need each other now more than ever.
We are also celebrating Norma who just GRADUATED with a bachelor of Communications!!!
“Study after study has taught us that there is no tool for development more effective than the education of girls and the empowerment of women.”
