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At In Her Legacy, we promise to walk beside every young woman as she steps into who she is - and who she is becoming. We cultivate spaces where she can reclaim her voice, trust her intuition, honor her story, and carry her identity with pride into the communities she comes from and the futures she will shape.

Our work is rooted in the belief that when one young woman rises, she lifts generations with her. Through our pay-it-forward model, graduates become mentors, leaders, and legacy-builders - creating ripples of healing, safety, and possibility that extend far beyond themselves.

This is how generational change begins: one girl, one story, one legacy at a time.

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How We Show Up

Our programming is as layered and whole as the young women we serve.

 

The FAVOR Model Our signature 12–15 week cohort-based journey - guiding young women through five transformative stages. During programming, participants are paired with trained mentors who look like them and have walked paths they recognize.

 

Mentorship One trusted adult changes everything. Every participant is matched with a mentor from her own community - and when she graduates, she has the opportunity to become one.

Legacy in Motion Healing-centered programming for justice-involved and transitional age youth - restorative, dignified, and built for forward motion.

 

BRAVE Inclusive programming for all youth - non-binary, boys, and girls - because belonging is for everyone.

 

Workshops & Customizable Programming Trauma-informed workshops tailored to your community, school, or organization.

Yoga & Mindfulness Embodied wellness woven into everything we do - because healing lives in the body too.

What She Carries With Her.

 

By the time a young woman completes her journey with In Her Legacy, she leaves with more than a certificate.

She leaves with:

✦ A renewed sense of self-worth and resilience ✦ Tools for setting boundaries and cultivating healthy relationships ✦ Emotional literacy and the language to understand and express what she feels ✦ A clear vision for her future - and the confidence to pursue it ✦ A community that uplifts, affirms, and celebrates her growth

And for many - she comes back. As a mentor. As a Youth Advisory Board member. As living proof that the program works.

The young woman who was once poured into - becomes the one who pours.

It Takes A Village.

 

We Are Building One.

 

Young women do not rise in isolation. They rise in community - held by mentors, peers, families, and organizations who believe in what's possible for them.

In Her Legacy is that community. And we are always growing.

Whether you are a funder, a partner, an educator, a mentor, or simply someone who believes that young women deserve better - there is a place for you in this village.

Her Legacy Is Already Being Written.

We are just here to make sure she knows it.In Her Legacy exists because every young woman deserves to be seen - fully, completely, and without condition. She deserves a community that says: you are enough, right now, exactly as you are. And you are capable of more than you have yet imagined.That is what we build here.

That is the legacy.

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Stay Rooted!
 

In Her Legacy respectfully acknowledges that our work takes place on the ancestral and unceded lands of the Chochenyo-speaking Ohlone people, the traditional caretakers of the East Bay, including what is now known as Newark, California.

We honor the Ohlone people - past, present, and future and recognize their enduring relationship to this land. As a California-based organization serving communities across the Bay Area, we commit to moving our work forward with humility, care, and responsibility, recognizing that healing, legacy, and belonging are deeply rooted in place.

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California Non-profit

A federal tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization.

Federal Tax EIN # 33-2626365

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