In celebration of International Women’s Day 2018, the 1,000 Dreams Fund and HARMAN are teaming up for a second year to give a big boost to young women pursuing their career dreams in STEAM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Arts and Math)! This year’s #NewFaceofTech Challenge is back with an expanding funding focus from STEM to STEAM. And we are offering up $10,000 in funding
Gaming is competitive but it doesn’t have to be cutthroat. Kungfufruitcup keeps gaming upbeat, positive and supportive even while dominating players online. She joins 1,000 Dreams Fund and other Twitch broadcasters for #Streams4Dreams to help raise funds for young women interested in gaming. As a student of animation and video, Twitch helped her take her professional
Today, the 1,000 Dreams Fund is thrilled to announce our first-ever Streams for Dreams (#Streams4Dreams) charity event taking place in partnership with Twitch this Women’s History Month. With Streams for Dreams, we aim to support women who are pursuing their dreams in content creation, while raising awareness for the continued gender gap in financial funding
Tina Degenhart is going places — on and off-screen. A top broadcaster on Twitch — a live-streaming video platform where gamers can interact and compete — she’s ambitious and skilled. You may know her as ShadowFoxx086 on Twitch. Plus, her larger-than-life personality keeps fans coming back for more. More young women are pursuing gaming—as a
It’s that time of the year again! Stuff We Love is back! In honor of Valentine’s Day, we asked our community of young women around the country for the influencers, movements and role models that you look up to. And you answered! Our 1,000 Dreams Fund, Student Advisory Board and social networks sent us the people and
Jasmine Henderson does it all. The former professional soccer player is also a motivational speaker, single mom and author. Off the field, she’s made it her life’s mission to fight for gender equality and to use her story to empower young women. In April 2017, she and 29 other women from 20 different countries set
Calling all fans of the Olympics! We have one of our #funded girls headed to the Winter Games! The 2018 Winter Olympics are here and we’re so excited to announce that U.S. Women’s Ski-Jumper Abby Ringquist’s dream came true and she is headed to her first-ever Olympics! Abby’s “never give up” attitude and commitment to
1,000 Dreams Fund and Olympic-bound ski jumper Abby Ringquist have teamed up for our first-annual fundraiser, #FundGirlsOnThe Rise. After reaching our first goal of $15,000, we randomly selected a donor to attend the Olympic Trials for Women’s Ski Jumping in Park City, UT on December 30th & 31st, 2017. Here is winner Casey’s recap of her
“I can’t adult today.” It’s a standard funny line, and it’s funny because it’s so true. Young people have no problem standing up and taking care of themselves. They are creative, talented and adventurous. But financial life skills are often lacking from their education. Parents sometimes share their knowledge, but in families of lower economic
The college experience has changed dramatically over the years. When many Boomer women went to college, junior year abroad was a dream reserved for only the wealthiest of students. Women came into college on a pretty even footing from high schools all over the nation. Some women worked past marriage, but many still chose to
