The PowHerful Foundation means everything to me. If it wasn’t for the foundation I wouldn’t be where I am now. The foundation has provided me with financial assistance and amazing mentors. I am so grateful to PowHerful for helping me achieve my goal. I am the first generation in my family to attend college thanks to the foundation.

The first thing I would like to do is say, THANK YOU! This foundation has truly changed my life and there are honestly no words that can explain my appreciation and gratitude. As I am approaching the end of my last semester, I often can’t believe that in a few months I will be a graduate, something at one point in my life I was not sure if I would be able to accomplish.

Everyone I have encountered has been nothing but encouraging, helpful, caring, and understanding. I now have a second family of successful and confident women who are determined to help me become the best version of myself that I can be.

Soledad O’Brien – former CNN anchor for Starting Point – is now focusing on her production company Starfish Media Group. Married with four children- Sofia, 13, Cecilia, 11, and 9-year-old twins Charles and Jackson – Soledad chats with Celebrity Baby Scoop about how her foundation, the Soledad O’Brien & Brad Raymond Foundation, helps young women in their educational endeavors, her role as a special correspondent for Al Jazeera America, and how “everyone’s definition of ‘having it all’ is different.”

I sat down last week with Soledad O’Brien to talk about storytelling, race and her seminal series Black in America. She also talked about her media company Starfish Media Group in New York and she and her husband Brad’s foundation dedicated to helping people of color and empowering young women.

Last year, the popular journalist made headlines when she departed from her full-time gig at CNN and leaped at an opportunity to become her own boss. Here, for the first time, Soledad O’Brien shares how overcoming fear of change led her to enjoy life on her own terms, and freedom as a producer and storyteller.

Wanting to do more than report on lives disrupted by tragedy, broadcast journalist Soledad O’Brien started the Soledad O’Brien and Brad Raymond Starfish Foundation to help young women succeed despite the odds. Soledad O’Brien started her eponymous foundation to “make a tangible change” for disadvantaged girls.

The first collaborative partnership between PowHERful and IBM happened on Nov 11, 2017. It was held in IBM Austin as an empowerment daylong summit for young women ages 14 to 23 years old. These school and college-aged girls are given a chance to explore different career options, receive useful guidance and advice, and interact with successful professionals.

On Saturday, July 15, Soledad O’Brien and her husband, Brad Raymond, held their seventh annual PowHERful Enrichment Conference in New York City. PowHerful Enrichment Conferences celebrate and extend the reach of the work of their PowHERful Foundation, which equips young women to succeed.