GirlPower! 2024 Digital Program

Presents:

May 10th, 2024

Skirball Cultural Center

LUNCHEON PROGRAM 10:00 AM Boutique

Opening performance APCH's Band 29 Live and the APCH Dance Company

12:00 PM Program Begins

Welcome Kathryn Frazier, APCH Board of Directors

Host Diamond White

Remarks and Acknowledgements Norayma Cabot, Chief Executive Officer A Place Called Home Video

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Entertainment APCH Dance Company GirlPower Presentation: “CinematograpHER” Followed by panel discussion Storyteller Impact Award Natasha Kline Innovator of Creative Impact Award Ty Stiklorius Musical entertainment throughout the event by APCH's Band 29Live

Dear Friends, It is with immense gratitude that I welcome you all to A Place Called Home’s 2024 GirlPower! Awards Luncheon. Thank you all for joining us in celebration of this year’s GirlPower mentoring cohort and our wonderful honorees, Ty and Natasha.

At A Place Called Home, our mission is rooted in the belief that every young person deserves the opportunity to thrive. Through our GirlPower program, we empower young women to achieve their full potential, providing them with the guidance, support, and resources they need to navigate life’s challenges and pursue their dreams.

Today, as we honor these remarkable women, we are reminded of the power of community, mentorship, and sisterhood. Right now, in this room together, we are empowering the next generation of leaders and creating a world where every young woman can envision a future filled with endless possibilities.

I want to express my appreciation for all of you – our sponsors, volunteers, longtime supporters, and new friends – for being a driving force behind our mission to create positive change in the lives of young women in Los Angeles and beyond.

Finally, I extend my sincere thanks to our wonderful honorees, Ty and Natasha, and to our host Diamond. Thank you for being here with us today, for sharing your stories, and showing us what it means to embody GirlPower!

I hope this afternoon is a source of inspiration and joy, and that you stay connected to A Place Called Home. Please take the time to meet our incredible staff members and youth, learn more about our programs, and explore how you can get involved.

With gratitude,

Norayma Cabot, CEO

Our Mission A Place Called Home provides a safe, nurturing environment with proven programs in the arts, education, and wellness for the young people in South Central to help them improve their economic conditions and develop healthy, fulfilling, and purposeful lives.

GirlPower The APCH GirlPower Program empowers young women to overcome societal stereotypes and traditional gender roles, stand up for themselves, advocate for others, and pursue their aspirations with rigor and vigor.

The 2024 GirlPower Members!

Kimberly Carvente Madeline Casas Elizabeth Cortes Lucero Diaz Rocio Dominguez Ashley Estrada-Mendoza Helen Fabela Darlene Flores Hazel Gomez Katherine Guevara Grace Hernandez Yuliana Hernandez Valery Hernandez-Vivas Marlen Herrera Danna Lezama-Bermudez Yaritza Madrigal Kimberly Olmedo Janet Ortiz Adriana Ramos Darelyn Rodriguez Yoselin Rodriguez-Alday Jaqueline Rojo Allison Romero Betsy Sendejas Melanie Serrano Donna Soto Dagmar Torres Iris Vazquez

Natasha Kline

Creator & Executive Producer, Disney's, "Primos"

2024 Storyteller Impact Award Emmy Award-nominated Natasha Kline is the creator and executive producer of Disney’s new coming-of-age animated comedy “Primos.” Inspired by Kline’s childhood growing up in the suburbs of Los Angeles in the 90’s, the series follows 10-year-old Tater Ramirez Humphrey, an eccentric girl with big dreams. The show recounts the magical summers Kline spent when her cousins would visit, and celebrates Kline’s big, extended multicultural and multiracial family.

Kline was previously a director and writer on Disney’s hit “Big City Greens.” With over a decade of experience in the animation industry as a storyboard artist, director, designer and writer, Kline’s credits include “South Park,” “The Lego Ninjago Movie,” “BoJack Horseman” and “Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh." Kline is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton.

Originally from Fontana, California, Kline currently resides in Los Angeles with her Boston Terrier, Beans. When she’s not busy sketching, she can be found playing the ukulele or oil painting.

Ty Stiklorius

CEO, Friends at Work Co-Founder and Producer, Get Lifted Film Co.

2024 Innovator of Creative Impact Award Ty Stiklorius, CEO of the management and impact firm Friends at Work and Emmy® Awardwinning producer and Co-Founder of Get Lifted Film Co., is a force for good who is changing the paradigm of what it means to be a woman and a CEO in the entertainment industry. A champion of innovation, social impact, and transformative initiatives, she has been included in Fast Company’s Most Creative People List and named one of the most powerful women in music by Billboard.

Coming from humble beginnings in Philadelphia, Ty’s father, an immigrant from Lithuania, and her mother, a nurse, instilled in her a love of music and a passion for activism. After earning her MBA at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, Ty began a hugely successful career as a music manager, whose clients include EGOT-winning artist John Legend and four-time Grammy nominee Charlie Puth. Being a firm believer that art and storytelling are essential to bring about change, in 2015 Ty launched her own management firm, Friends at Work, which combines traditional management services with social activism and helps artists, brands and thought leaders flourish by using their power and platform to create positive change in the world. She and Legend launched the FREEAMERICA campaign to influence the national conversation regarding mass incarceration and prosecutor integrity.

This past November, Ty Stiklorius and Get Lifted executives were awarded as The Greenwich Film Festival’s Changemaker Honorees for their efforts to inspire positive social change through film.

Diamond White Actor, Singer, Songwriter

2024 GirlPower Host 23-year-old multi-talented actor, singer, and songwriter Diamond White voices super-genius Lunella Lafayette (aka Moon Girl) in Disney Branded Television’s “Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,” based on Marvel’s hit comic books. White recently earned an esteemed Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Voice Acting for this history-making role as the first teenage female Black superhero in the animated Marvel Universe.

White began singing and acting at an early age, winning a role in the national touring musical of Oprah Winfrey’s “The Color Purple” by the age of eight. Later, she moved on to join the cast of “The Lion King” in Las Vegas.

Music is White’s first love, and she auditioned for “The X Factor” in 2012. She placed in the top five, and her career began to take off with steady work as an actress and voiceover artist. Her voice work credits include “Phineas and Ferb,” “Sofia the First,” “Transformers: Rescue Bots,” “The Lion Guard,” “American Dad!,” “Pinky Malinky” and “Close Enough.”

She landed leading roles in Tyler Perry’s “Boo! A Madea Halloween” and the sequel “Boo 2! A Madea Halloween.” She also starred in the indie film “Rock Steady Row,” which won the Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at Slamdance Film Festival in 2018, as well as “F*&% the Prom.”

White’s television credits include recurring roles on “Dear White People,” “Code Black,” ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat,” American Koko,” “Sing It!,” Disney Channel’s “Girl Meets World,” ABC’s “black-ish,” and as Lala on the final season of “Empire.” In 2020, she joined the cast of “The Bold and the Beautiful” as Paris Buckingham.

GirlPower Program Staff Victoria Edwards Alexia Pino Event Producer Amy Shomer & Associates Guest Management Jive Live Entertainment PR Consultant Dana Green Music Direction Joaquin Pacheco

Choreography Jocelyn Garcia Michael Vallejos “CinematograpHER” Director and Editor Bernyce Talley Program and Event Photography Charmaine Cruz Las Fotos Project Gary Nellis Centerpieces Carin Wong

29Live Musicians Zytlali Barrios Angel Cervantes Bryan Espinal Carlos Espinal Adriana Martinez Zytlali Barrios Ezquiel Meza Luna Varela

APCH Dancers Andrea Argueta Darelyn Rodriguez Irlanda Mejia Jazmin Lezo Johanna Escobedo Julissa Torres Kimberly Olmedo Mariana Velazquez Marlen Herrera Melanie Guatemala Melina Salado Valery Hernadez-Vivas

*Recorded music played throughout the program is composed and performed by APCH youth members* (with the exception of Blinding Lights by The Weeknd)

Norayma Cabot Chief Executive Officer Katie Alheim Chief Development Officer Jewel Delegall Chief Program Officer Ofelia Mancera Chief Administrative Officer

Board of Directors

BOB ISRAEL

GARETH SCHWEITZER BOARD CHAIR BARBARA GLAZER VICE CHAIR SUSAN NAPIER VICE CHAIR HAMED TAVAJOHI TREASURER MARYELLEN ZARAKAS SECRETARY DAWN CAMPBELL SISTER PATRICIA CONNOR, RSHM MICHAEL CONVERSE KATHRYN FRAZIER LOUISE HAMAGAMI SHARON HAUPTMAN

MICHELLE RAIMO KOUYATE

JACQUELINE JIMENEZ TOM MCCABE EDGAR MORALES ALUMNUS MELISSA PALAZZO-HART HOWARD SHERWOOD STEPHANIE SHERWOOD ETHAN SMITH ALUMNUS VERA STEWART MARSHALL WAX SUSAN WOLF ADAM ROSENBLATT LEADERSHIP COUNCIL CHAIR

Thank you to our sponsors!

GirlPower DBS Bank Wasserman Foundation Mentor Friends At Work and Ty Stiklorius Sister Barbara Glazer LADWP Howard and Stephanie Sherwood US Bank Best Friends American Business Bank Helen Cutler Natasha Kline Susan Napier and Alex Berger Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary Signature Estata & Investment Advisors

Bruce W. Smith The Walt Disney Company Susan Wolf and Marcus Ryle Maryellen Zarakas Friends City National Bank Marymount High School Melissa Palazzo- Hart and Chris Hart Special Thanks Monique Astorga The Boeing Company Kathryn Price Converse and Michael Converse Pam Dawber Louise Hamagami Jacqueline Jimenez Edgar Morales Adam Rosenblatt Gareth and Jennifer Schweitzer

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🌟 Congratulations to the Girls of Girl Power! 🌟 - Melissa Palazzo-Hart

❤️ GIRL POWER Congratulations to Ty, Natasha and all the amazing GirlPower 2024 Girls!

-Maryellen Zarakas xoxo

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