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Where Are They Now: Step Up alumna Jasmine Ruiz

Written on May 8, 2013 at 5:20 pm, by

Jasmine then, left with mentor Ashley Boynton, rightJasmine now In honor of Step Up’s 15th anniversary, we’re catching up with some of our most memorable teen programs participants who are now busy fulfilling their potential and changing the world! It’s not where you start; it’s where you finish. It’s a timeless phrase, but there may  Continue Reading »

Step Up to Success: 45 Things I Know at 45 (That I Didn’t Know at 25)

Written on May 8, 2013 at 12:33 am, by

Liz Dennery Sanders Luminary Circle founding member and former chair of the Los Angeles Board of Directors Liz Dennery Sanders offers Step Up members insight each month into key steps to success. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the lessons that life has taught me so far. On the eve of my 45th birthday,  Continue Reading »

Igniting Potential: Celebrating Success

Written on May 8, 2013 at 12:08 am, by

CEO Jenni Luke In this monthly column, Step Up CEO Jenni Luke shares what she’s learned about confidence from you, our network. A friend from Brazil tells a great story of when she first moved to the United States. On the plane from Sao Paolo to Los Angeles the flight attendant asked ‘are you traveling  Continue Reading »

Pray For…Us All

Written on April 23, 2013 at 10:06 pm, by

Karri-Leigh P. Mastrangelo -this post was written by Karri-Leigh P. Mastrangelo and was first published on her personal blog Dirty Laundry & Dirty Diapers on April 19, 2013.- I consider myself Bostonian.  In high school I told my mother that if I wasn’t accepted to Boston College, I planned to re-apply until I was.  It  Continue Reading »

Step Up To Success: Are You Average or Extraordinary?

Written on March 15, 2013 at 11:15 pm, by

Liz Dennery Sanders Luminary Circle founding member and former chair of the Los Angeles Board of Directors Liz Dennery Sanders offers Step Up members insight each month into key steps to success. No one ever plans to be average. When you were a little girl and your parents asked you what you wanted to be  Continue Reading »