Her Climb is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to expanding opportunity for young women from underserved communities. We provide a free, multi-year leadership pathway that combines academic preparation, cultural fluency, civic engagement, and industry-specific career exposure. Based at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, the program begins with rising sophomores and continues through college and beyond, offering a three-week summer intensive, year-round programming, mentorship, and long-term career guidance.

Our four tracks—Business, Creative Arts, Journalism, and STEM—combine hands-on learning with real-world exposure, ensuring students gain skills, confidence, and access to the networks that shape opportunity. Her Climb removes barriers by offering stipends, transportation, meals, and consistent family support. Our curriculum is anchored in four pillars: leadership, access, wellness, and sisterhood.

Our differentiation is simple: We prepare girls not only to enter powerful rooms, but to move within them with clarity, confidence, and leadership.

Her Climb offers:

(1) A girls-only leadership environment intentionally designed for public school students
(2) A multi-year pathway beginning in high school and extending into early career transition
(3) Four industry tracks that align students with sectors shaping capital, technology, media, and public narrative
(4) Integrated stipends and financial literacy to remove participation barriers and build economic agency
(5) A university-based home that normalizes belonging in elite academic spaces
(6) A wellness pillar that addresses the documented mental health disparities facing adolescent girls

Where many programs emphasize academics or exposure alone, Her Climb integrates identity, industry alignment, and cultural fluency within a sustained cohort model. Students do not just visit inspiring spaces, they learn to navigate them as future leaders.

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