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Victoria Secret's model and this month's
Ocean Drive magazing covergirl
Selita Ebanks and
Serena Williams attend this year's Women of Tomorrow gala at the Mandarin Oriental hotel.
This year's chair was
Marisa Toccin, Madeline and
Micky Arison, Honorary Chairmen,
Lora and
Fred Drasner, Legacy Builder Honorees,
Jason and
Haley Binn, Empowerment Award Honorees,
Sharon Siegel, President & Founder of DECO Productions & Grande Affaires, Excellence Honoree and
Karen Piazza, Mentor of the Year.
An initial study showed a statistically significant improvement in the self-esteem of the young girls participating in the program. Recent analysis has shown that Women of Tomorrow Mentees demonstrate a statistically significant increase in their grade point averages (GPA) each year they are involved in WOT. In addition, WOT Mentees graduate from high school at close to a 90% rate compared to county-wide high school graduation rates that hover around 60%.
Currently, the Women of Tomorrow program is implemented in 99 Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach County public high schools in 42 South Florida cities and serves 2,000 mentees with its network of 250 mentors. Since the inception of its Scholarship Program in 2000, WOT has awarded over $2.3 million in scholarships to 838 WOT Mentees.
The Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program was founded in 1997 by Author & Television Journalist
Jennifer Valoppi and Telemundo Network President,
Don Browne.
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