PEARLS for Teen Girls
Sydney Zahradka is an experienced professional in event coordination and development with a robust background in onboarding and customer service. Currently serving as the Events and Development Coordinator at PEARLS since September 2021, Zahradka previously held the position of Onboarding Coordinator at Valley Behavioral Health, streamlining the onboarding process for new hires across multiple locations. Zahradka's tenure at Sundance Institute included roles as Lodging Coordinator and Festival Coordinator, where responsibilities involved complex logistical management for events like the Sundance Labs and Film Festival. Additionally, Zahradka has a solid grounding in administrative support and programming from various positions at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and contributions to Milwaukee Film and Reel Women, focusing on enhancing community engagement and promoting diversity in film. Zahradka holds a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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PEARLS for Teen Girls
PEARLS programs are girls-only, safe-space gatherings that meet once weekly at local schools and youth serving organizations. PEARLS groups serves 20 to 25 girls. PEARLS addresses the interconnected issues of poverty, teen pregnancy, violence, and lack of educational attainment at their very roots, by working with girls during the critical teen years, when personal choices that are made can have lifelong consequences. PEARLS girls build leadership skills and character traits such as personal responsibility, empathy, awareness, leadership, and respect. Through PEARLS’ research-based curriculum and goal setting initiative, girls learn a process for setting, working toward, evaluating and reaching tangible goals. These are all skills essential to success in school, work and life. Additional program elements include ongoing academic support, community field trips, guest speakers, annual College Tour, volunteer Higher Education Coaches and many other unique components.