What if early experiences shape – or shake – confidence sooner than we think ?
This week, the current focuses on early leadership and the impact of inviting girls into the conversation before doubt takes hold. Ms President US shows us how representation and trust can shift what girls believe is possible.
When we intervene early, we change what girls believe is possible.
Raising Girls to Lead
What if leadership isn’t something we grow into —
but something we’re either encouraged to claim, or quietly taught to doubt?
- Long before résumés.
Long before titles.
Long before girls learn to lower their hands.
This week on The Women’s Current, I sit down with Amanda Cordano, Executive Director of Ms President US, and Sofia Sahai, Founder and Leader of the organization’s New York City chapter.
We talk about the moment confidence begins to shift — when girls start second-guessing their instincts, editing their voices, and waiting for permission that never comes. Amanda and Sofia share what happens when leadership training starts early, intentionally, and in community — not as a correction later, but as a foundation.
This conversation isn’t about fixing women.
It’s about changing the conditions girls grow up in.
About access instead of advice.
Practice instead of potential.
And the difference it makes when girls are shown — early — that leadership is not an aspiration, but a skill.
Listen. Watch. Reflect
(The current shifts when girls are taught to lead, not wait..)
Episode 8 of The Women’s Current: Is the Tide Turning?
Guests: Amando Cordano & Sofia Sahai — Raising Girls to Lead
Watch or listen here → YouTube Audio
Maybe the real question isn’t whether confidence changes things…
…but when girls are invited into it.
As I listened back, I kept thinking about how early confidence takes hold — and how quickly it spreads when girls see it modeled in real time. Adults often teach girls to wait. Girls gain permission to practice leadership.
As Always…
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Above all, stay curious. Stay connected.
And keep seeing yourself clearly.
With truth and tenderness,
Sylvia