Afro Puffs and Ponytails

Ways to Improve Self-Esteem In Teen Girls

// by Kim The following article provides several tips that may help build and improve the self esteem in African American teen girls. Super-SizingYour Teen's Self Esteem  Your teenager may go through times where their ...

SisterMentors – Washington, DC

// by Kim Dr. Shireen Lewis is the Founder of SisterMentors. Vision Statement of SisterMentors Because girls of color are dropping out of school at an early age, SisterMentors is committed to mentoring girls of ...

Science Club For Girls – Cambridge, MA

// by Kim The mission of Science Club for Girls is to increase the self-confidence and science literacy of K–12th grade girls belonging to groups that are underrepresented in the sciences, through free, ...

Lisa – Computer Scientist and Entrepreneur

// by Kim Afro Puffs and Ponytails present Lisa, a professional African American woman Computer Scientist and Entrepreneur from Santa Barbara, California. I remember the day my parents purchased a computer.  I was 10 years old ...

Girl Trek – Fairfield, Connecticut

// by Kim GirlTrek is a national non-profit health movement aimed at inspiring young girls of color, whose communities are most at-risk, to live healthier and more fulfilled lives.  The founders of GirlTrek ...

Ariana – Hampton, VA

// by Kim       Afro Puffs and Ponytails had the  privilege of speaking with Ariana, a high school senior from Hampton, Virginia.  Ariana has been selected as a High Achiever  because of her  consistency  in accomplishing ...

Muneerah Warner – Entrepreneur

// by Kim  Afro Puffs and Ponytails present Muneerah Warner - an African American Licensed Funeral Director, Magazine Publisher, and Youth Leader from Philadelphia, PA. As a child I grew up with a load on ...