Get Smart Mentoring for Teens
Get smart about your college experience!
by guest blogger Nicole Gittleman The transition from high school to college is a very prominent one. Some high school students move away from home, many to a university where they don’t know anyone. Classes [...]
Self Care for Superwomen
Get Smart Girls are many things: leaders, volunteers, students, mentors, daughters and sisters, friends and special someones. We are excellent in what we are called to do. We are strong, unwavering rocks of support for [...]
12 Tips for Real Life Roommate Dilemmas
Whether you have siblings and are used to sharing space or not, having roommates will definitely have some ups and downs. Roommates can ultimately be friends for life, people you don’t want to be associated [...]
Writing with Passion
During my past 14 years as a student, I have struggled with my writing. I would try with all my might to write these amazing papers, but I would never see the payoff with my [...]
5 Ways to FIX Sundays
In college, I would wake up on Sunday mornings and think, “Oh noooo! The beautiful, blissful weekend is gone! UGH!” Dreading the homework I had been putting off since Friday, the mound of laundry needing to be [...]
Get Smart About Your Body: Yours is the Only Opinion That Matters
I am a fat girl. Strictly speaking from the perspective of the fashion industry and mass media, of course. If there is anything I’ve learned from being a young woman living in this society, it [...]
Give to Get Smart From Tanya Newton
Tanya Newton, 25 Educator teaching English in Japan Get Smart Mentoring has given me the chance to meet some incredible women. I have learnt so much from their experiences, and am grateful we have had [...]
Give to Get Smart from Sara Vallejo
Sara Vallejo, 28, Proposal Writer, Chicago, IL Mentoring and learning with Get Smart has been a truly amazing opportunity for me, and I want young women everywhere to get the same amazing opportunity I did: [...]
Media Overload: Authenticity Is Hard To Come By
With countless outlets of media on so many different platforms dictating our daily lives, it’s almost too easy to get caught up in the digital world. But at what cost? When do we become too [...]
Feminism and The Great Divide
Race is hard to speak about. It’s a touchy subject that can make people feel uncomfortable. With the recent racially fueled attacks across this country, it’s important to discuss the ways that our own privilege [...]