We are incredibly grateful to Maria Lucia Ambrosio and all the members of the F.I.D.A.P.A. club in Naples for hosting an incredible fundraising event to benefit Pretty Purposeful last Sunday! Our founder, Julia, who lives in Naples as an exchange student, had the opportunity to speak at the event about our work. #prettypurposeful #naples #nonprofit

This past summer, I had the opportunity to meet Upasna at the Yale Young Global Scholars program! She is an amazing friend and changemaker who blogs at https://upasnaabarathh.wordpress.com/ and is also a writer for Rookie magazine and Young Global Initiative. A few months ago, I interviewed her over email, and her life is truly an inspiration! Tell me a little about yourself! I was born in Naperville Illinois, and shortly after my parents got divorced. Because my mother was

Pretty Purposeful would like to thank the Virgin Unite team and Emily-Rose Rolfe for the lovely article about us on Virgin.com (link below). Thank you so much for helping us to spread awareness about our cause! http://www.virgin.com/unite/our-community/are-you-in-camp-pretty-purposeful #virgin #virginunite #socialentrepreneurship #sierraleone #nonprofit #news #media #girlpower #interview #fistula #charity #campprettypurposeful #africa

This article recently appeared on Freedom from Fistula Foundation's website: http://www.freedomfromfistula.com/news_events/2014/julia_and_maria_myers_announced_as_new_ambassadors The Freedom from Fistula Foundation is delighted to announce two new Ambassadors - sisters Julia and Maria Myers – the teen founders of obstetric fistula fundraising and advocacy charity Pretty Purposeful. Julia (17) and Maria (15) have been advocating for the rights of girls and young fistula patien

Recently we had the privilege of meeting with the nonprofit foundation of one of the world’s most recognizable brands: Virgin Unite! We met with Elena Tereshonok, the Investments Manager, and were excited to learn about Virgin Unite’s past experiences in helping to fight fistula in Nigeria with UNFPA, and get Elena’s insight into the fistula work we’re doing in Sierra Leone. We also had the chance to meet in their stunning New York office and meet a few of our contacts in per

Thank you Southlake Journal for the March 3rd article about Pretty Purposeful! You can read the article here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/03/03/5617051/southlake-teens-with-a-purpose.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy or read it below. :) "Southlake teens with a purpose raise money for charity" by Larre Green Readers, last May I told you about two amazing young girls who, after watching a documentary entitled “Walk to Beautiful” about women who suffer from childbirth injuries in E