Dream It, Be It

Helping girls grow to be confident, successful, happy adults!

Dream It, Be It reaches girls in secondary school who face obstacles to their future success. Through small group workshops or a conference setting, we mentor girls on finding their dreams, setting and achieving their goals, moving forward after setbacks or failures, and discovering career opportunities.

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2026 Dream It, Be It at A.M. Winn School

Members of Soroptimist International of Folsom El Dorado Hills recently had the pleasure of working with a group of eighteen wonderful 8th-grade girls at A.M. Winn School. Our volunteers met with the class once a week for four weeks through the month of February. 

Together, we explored career possibilities, practiced goal setting, and discussed strategies for overcoming obstacles—skills that are essential for building confidence and creating a path toward success.

Club members shared their own experiences while guiding the girls through activities designed to build confidence and help them think about their future paths. We enjoyed getting to know each student—their interests, strengths, and aspirations made every session meaningful.

As part of the program, students completed a career research assignment for a chance to win a new laptop! Congratulations to Ayleen, whose name was drawn as the laptop recipient! We are proud of the impact these workshops had and grateful for the opportunity to support these young women as they begin to imagine their futures.

Comments from Past Participating Students:

My Favorite Part of DIBI was:

  • Seeing all the different careers, all the stories, feeling connected to the women around me made me feel more confident in life; seeing them happy makes me see I could still be happy when I’m older, which is hard to be nowadays.
  • Everyone is understanding and can help in any way. The confidence it gave me to move forward.

Helpful Things I Learned from DIBI:

  • Just write and read, move forward and breathe, talk with my father, just follow my dream, motivation, overcome fears, overcome anxiety, work, stay strong-minded/self care-mentally/physically, save money, try harder, try to talk to someone to help.

Comment from Folsom Lake High School Counselor:

  • In the two presentations I sat in on, I was really impressed with the level of engagement by our students. I could tell that they were listening and paying attention to what each of the speakers/presenters had to say and were trying to share. I think everything was broken up into short and sweet segments that were ideal for our students. I really like the idea of workplace visits, matching girls with professional women, job shadow days, internships, info interviews, volunteer opportunities.