mm we work with the girls to help them connect to their inner supergirl
and we do that through a program we created called Supergirl and it
focuses on three things self esteem, sister hoods and bullying solutions
Kerry Syverson has been changing girls lives with her nonprofit Syverson
Sisters since 2011. Now train adults on how to impact girls on how to have
their own supergirl program in their own neighborhood. We call them
supergirl facilitators and we license our program to them and we do that
in Arizona California, Wisconsin and we just got license in new york. What
makes you Supergirl whatever. So employing my friend, I hope is a very
serious problem. The Arizona State University alum says the program is
based on six core principles ranging from respect body image and
acceptance. Every girl who wants being powered. We're going to find a way
to give this program to hurt clean lines. We've got our little charm on
the outside to other issue. Alumni making a name for themselves in the
business world are jennifer Boone Lorne and sarah boom is their company's
sole carrier. Just released its latest handbag collection on the market
and then I named me to the bags after a friend and there's kind of a
soulful spiritual kind of inspiration behind each of the bags as well,
jennifer started the business five years ago, I was part of this event
when Barney's opened and they had um something called the mannequin is our
muse and they asked artists to take mannequins and tournament to art. So I
collaborated with another issue graduate. Um he's an architect and we made
this mannequin covered it in these like rugs, these recycled rugs and he's
like you should do something with it. So I was like maybe I should use my
fashion degree from Parsons. And um he kind of pushed me to start
developing these little handbags. Jennifer's love for designing and
Sarah's finance degree made it a perfect combination to join forces. This
is what she's meant to be doing. Like she is a designer, it's so amazing.
And I ended up moving back to phoenix and we were just hanging out and I
was kind of helping her with things and um then write about like seven
months ago, eight months ago. We were like, should we just do this actual
um Clayton Mass entrepreneurial drive is helping other small business
owners do sales and marketing automation software for small businesses
under 25 employees and over 100,000 in revenue so that they can be
successful by growing their sales saving time and helping them get more
customers. Clayton is one of the founders of Infusion Soft when they tell
us you're helping me to be successful in business and be successful in my
life. That's what's so valuable to us. That's the payday economic classes
is what sparked plates. Journey to where he is today. I took them already
knowing that my major was economics but I love them and it really those
both both those classes gave me a desire to go to law school and then
business school which I did A. J. D. N. B. A. All of these sun devils
credit their time at A. S. U. Was one of the stepping stones to their
success personally and professionally. When I came to ask you I found my
own personal group and I feel like that was my starting point to finding
my inner supergirl. I was bullied as a kid. I love self esteem as a kid.
But once I got out of the environment and I came to a place where I could
authentically figure myself out. That sent me on the path to what I do
today. Strong mentorships for university professors was also a big factor
I think like Bath was always want to be like keep searching, keep seeking
and that made me be like all right I'm gonna look at things outside of
maybe the traditional, I'm just going to get a marketing job at a very
corporate because I'm not that's just not my nature. So what advice do
these issue alums have her students waiting to spread their wings in the
real world. So listen to your own heart. I look back and I'm like
everything that I was like oh I should just give up and get a 9 to 5. Like
this isn't worth it. It was all leading to this space right now where I
feel so at peace and I don't really want to share the message of like
listen to your intuition be authentic and like it's not gonna guide you
wrong. Some people would say, oh well you don't need education to go start
your own business. And while there's some truth to that, um to to grow a
successful business, education is incredibly powerful. What am I
passionate about? What do I want to do with the rest of my life? And then
I waited for answers and I followed the answers that came to me and that
is how entrepreneurs live, that's how they go after their dreams.
Yeah.