We recognize that women and girls face distinct barriers when it comes to fulfilling their potential—professionally and personally. We know that the ripple effect of this lost potential is enormous. Improving girls’ and women’s self-esteem is a simple intervention that makes a huge impact on our communities as a whole. Inspired by the enthusiastic confidence that distinguished the lives of Emma, Alyson and Katie Hance, we have made this our foundation’s mission.
Since our launch 15 years ago with a single body-positivity program on Long Island, NY, the Hance Family Foundation has grown into a social-emotional learning (SEL) powerhouse. Today, with a greater understanding of the critical importance of self-esteem for all people, we provide a suite of confidence-building curricula known as Self-Esteem Rising that helps people of all ages and genders all over the world become their best selves. We will not stop until confidence is the standard.
The impact of our flagship program, Beautiful Me, has been verified by Harvard Medical School. Every single participant surveyed in the evaluation reported leaving our program with higher levels of self-esteem, happiness and confidence. Driven always by the vision of a world where Emma, Alyson and Katie’s confident flame shines in all people, today, the Hance Family Foundation is striving to bring our programming to even more people across the globe. Together, we can change outcomes for girls and women everywhere.
Self-Esteem Rising includes the following five programs, for children and adults, that are explicitly designed to help people feel empowered, confident and ready to succeed—enabling everyone to find their own version of confidence. Participants learn free of charge because we believe that cost should not be a barrier to empowerment.
