EmpowHer Institute Hosts Author/ Sharon Lechter for "Empowered Girls" Event Appoints Georgette Huckaby to EmpowHer Institute Executive Board
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EmpowHer supports girls and women in low income areas of Los Angeles through programs designed to bolster self-confidence, business savvy and to develop entrepreneur and life skills that create opportunities to improve their social status and living conditions.For more information or to donate to EmpowHer Institute please visit http://empowher.org ### Los Angeles, CA, April 02, 2011 --( PR.com )-- EmpowHer Institute, a non-profit dedicated to teaching life skills and entrepreneurship to girls and women in Los Angeles, hosted an “Empowered Girls” event last month with Sharon Lechter, C.P.A, who serves on the President’s Council on Financial Literacy, founded YOUTHpreneur and co-authored Rich Dad, Poor Dad.The “Empowered Girls” event was attended by more than 200 girls from Los Angeles area schools.“Kids need to learn to be self-sufficient so they can take care of themselves, their families and others,” says Lechter, who developed YOUTHpreneur to teach kids business skills that lead to lifelong fiscal responsibility.She has a bachelors degree in Business Administration with an Accounting concentration from California State University, Dominguez Hills.About EmpowHer InstituteEmpowHer Institute is a 501C-3 non-profit organization founded in February 2003.EmpowHer supports girls and women in low income areas of Los Angeles through programs designed to bolster self-confidence, business savvy and to develop entrepreneur and life skills that create opportunities to improve their social status and living conditions.