Being at Empowered this first week had been very interesting. I’ve faced challenges of being tired and learning how to create links for website coding and all of its different components. I have also had a lot of fun. Learning new things, meeting all my fellow Empowered women, eating, and overcoming challenges. I am very excited for what is to come with Empowered. My biggest takeaway from the speakers was what Ms. Fitzpatrick said. She said “Surround yourself with people who know your potential and won’t let you settle for less.” This was something that definitely inspired me, especially because of things i’ve been dealing with personally. Also, going forward, I can start to take hold of who I really am when I gain knowledge and inspiration from the speakers and the people around me at Empowered.

She really helped me realize that I really can do anything I set my mind to. She made me take a look at what I plan on doing for the next few years and realize I shouldn’t stand in my own way. I would just like to say overall I am very thankful for this opportunity.

We had a great meeting with our business: “Transitions”. I was super excited about Monica Stewart liking the website we prepared for her business. It was interesting to have this experience. We experienced a little bit of one of the business preparation, a business meeting, an awesome lunch, and I specifically had a cool conversation with a photographer. Over all my experience for Saturday’s meet was very exciting. I look forward to having more experiences like this.

My topic is the effect of art & music therapy on woman with ptsd after birth. I chose this because it show how arts can be important to STEM thus creating STEAM. This is important to me because the arts really mean a lot to me. The speakers last week were very inspiring because they showed me that even though they had some tough experiences they were still able to power through and make a difference. Most importantly they showed me you never stop growing, so now I see that my future will be a process and there will never be an end to my adventure because I will always be learning and growing.