our founder, mission, and vision
Our founder
Our founder
Our founder
Just For You Girlfriend was founded by Diane Deaderick-DeMartra (Ms. D), a former teen mom. In her prior roles in higher education, program leadership, and volunteerism, she has taught and advised many youth, Previously, she established mentoring programs at 20 Chicago high schools. Following training for organizational leaders, Ms. D is now a Chicago Peace Fellow.
Our mission
Our founder
Our founder
Our goal is to enlighten, educate, and empower inner-city female youth, especially those who are pregnant or parenting, by providing life skills, social emotional learning and leadership development to help them build resilience to overcome challenges, adversity and trauma.
Our vision
Our founder
Our vision
That inner-city female youth, especially those who are parenting, will have the knowledge, leadership skills and post-secondary education and training to have careers with sustainable incomes, contribute to the safety in communities and end the intergenerational cycle of poverty for themselves, their children, and future generations.
