By Sara Surani | Co-founder
Last month we launched something powerful: a campaign shaped by courage, possibility, and transformation: Leadership Looks Like Me.
Because when a girl speaks her truth, the universe doesn’t stay the same, it expands.
Across more than fifty countries, She Is The Universe has become a place where girls step into their confidence, claim their stories, and rise into their leadership. For many, it is the first space where their voice echoes back with affirmation. It is the first time they feel like their voice matters.
And we begin with a story that captures the magic of that transformation: a girl who discovered herself, her passion, and the strength of her voice through this community.
Meet Brittany
When Brittany was 17, she was standing at a crossroads many girls know too well:
finishing high school, staring at the uncertainty of the future, and feeling completely lost.
In her words, “I had no idea what I was going to do after leaving high school, no idea about my dreams.”
Not because she wasn’t capable but because she didn’t recognize herself yet.
She didn’t know her hobbies, her passions, or even who she was becoming.And like so many girls, she felt scared, unsure, and alone.
But in 2023, everything shifted.
Brittany joined the Girls Galaxy Program at She Is The Universe, and for the first time, she stepped into a space where girls from around the world welcomed her exactly as she was.
She found friends from different countries who understood her.
She found mentors who inspired her, challenged her, and believed in her.
She found a community where she could talk about her fears, her passions, and her dreams.
And little by little, something beautiful began to happen.
Brittany realized that every passion she carried - technology, art, girls’ empowerment- didn’t have to stay separate.
She could combine them.
She could create with them.
She could lead with them.
Through this program, she discovered “who I am as Brittany to the world.”
Today, Brittany is following her dreams with confidence and clarity.
She knows her path.
She knows her purpose.
And she wants every girl to feel what she felt:
the moment she finally saw herself as a leader.
She ended her message with a truth we carry throughout this campaign:
“Leadership looks like me — and together we can support the next generation of girls.”
This is the universe that begins when one girl speaks.
Girls like Brittany deserve to be seen.
They deserve to be supported.
They deserve to discover who they are and who they can become.
And your support makes that possible.
A simple way to help right now:
If Brittany’s journey touched you, we invite you to help another girl begin hers.
Your gift helps a girl rise.
And when one girl rises, the world rises with her.
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