Empower Events
Empower Hours are live, virtual events that connect you with inspiring career journeys in beauty, retail, tech, finance, entertainment, and business. These sessions spark passion and provide tools to succeed in school, work, and life — offering insider tips and real-world insights from industry leaders.
Open to girls, young women, and female-identifying and nonbinary youth across the United States, these events are designed to build confidence, expand opportunities, and help you create an empowered future.
Join us for an upcoming Empower Hour (on Zoom)!
Aug 25th: The RealReal - Careers in Fashion & Luxury
Explore career paths shaping the future of fashion and luxury - from merchandising and marketing to technology, operations, sustainability, and entrepreneurship. Panelists from The RealReal will share their journeys, industry insights, and advice for turning passions into careers.
Sep 3rd: Early Careers at L’Oréal
Explore how professionals launched their careers and built their paths in the beauty industry. Panelists from L’Oréal will share their career journeys, advice for finding internships, building skills, preparing for interviews, and navigating the first steps toward a successful career.
Sept: Zynga Gaming: Creativity, Technology & Innovation
Explore career paths shaping the mobile gaming industry—from game design and product to marketing, technology, and operations. Panelists from Zynga will share their journeys, industry insights, and advice for turning creativity and curiosity into careers.
Empower Episodes
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Missed an event or want to rewatch? Click below to catch up and don't forget to join us for our next Empower Hour!
EMPOWER EPISODE WITH
Dow & L’Oreal
Join Dow & L'Oréal for an incredible series focused on science and beauty! Ever wonder what’s actually in your favorite beauty products? This series shows how science and chemistry come together to create, test, and improve the products teens use every day.
EMPOWER EPISODE WITH
Dow & L’Oreal
Join Dow & L'Oréal for Series #2: From Formula to Market: How Ingredients Become Beauty Products. From lab to shelf, this series shows how scientists, marketers, and brand teams collaborate to turn ideas into the beauty products you see in stores and on social media, including the careers behind it all.
EMPOWER EPISODE WITH
L’Oreal
Join L'Oréal and explore how medical science drives innovation in skin and hair health. Hear from experts who study skin biology, develop clinically tested products, and collaborate with dermatologists to support real health needs. Discover career paths in research, clinical testing, and healthcare partnerships, and see how science can create meaningful impact in the beauty industry.
EMPOWER EPISODE WITH
L’Oreal
Learn about L’Oréal’s initiatives to reduce environmental impact, including eco-friendly product development, responsible sourcing and traceable ingredients, biodegradable and recyclable packaging, and programs to protect biodiversity. Discover how careers in sustainability, corporate responsibility, and operations can help create a greener, healthier planet.
EMPOWER EPISODE WITH
Dow & L’Oreal
Join Dow + L’Oréal to build the soft skills needed for seasonal jobs and future careers - what employers look for, what makes candidates stand out, and how to communicate with confidence, present yourself professionally, and navigate new environments with ease.
EMPOWER EPISODE SERIES WITH
Charles Schwab
Unlock essential principles for building a robust money relationship with our 4-Part Financial Literacy Empower Hour with Charles Schwab. From setting financial goals to mastering money management, understanding credit and debt, and planning for college and career success. Module 1: The Basics - financial literacy fundamentals to understand money
For more Empower Hour Episodes, explore our full playlist on YouTube — watch past sessions, hear from inspiring speakers,
and revisit every confidence‑building moment.
Past Day of Empowerment and Empower Hour hosts include:
