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Licensed Professional Counselor, Author and Speaker Rashida Henry, facilitated a dynamic Mental Health Workshop with the girls of Evoluer House entitled "Mental Health is Wealth.”

Thanks to Winup Mid-Atlantic, our girls are exploring the cutting-edge world of #STEM.


One of many highlights of BHTEN’s International Women’s Day celebration. Shout out to all the expert panelists (@a_healthybeauty, @theevoluerhouse), moderator (@drcineg), speakers, and all the amazing women who joined us. #IWD2024 #InspireInclusion
College Prep Virtual Summer Series
Our founder Cheryl Ann Wadlington and Tina Tchen, assistant to President Obama and executive director of the White House Council on Women and Girls.
Our summer program participants were so moved by the power of Trust Building activities.

Dedicated organizations like @projectglimmer help keep the guiding urban girls to bold and bright futures mission moving forward every day.
Jennielee was selected Valedictorian of her high school class! While Jennielee attended the Evoluer House, she co-hosted our critically acclaimed podcast “Girl Truth: What Lens Are You Looking Through?”
Sahara ranked #1 in her class and was chosen Valedictorian. “Evoluer House helped my granddaughter achieve this honor,” said Sahara’s grandmother.
Evoluer House Personal Development Program participants at Civic Engagement session with former political consultant and Harvard grad Flavia Colgan.
Celebrating #EvoluerHouse Board Member Marmia Day and Advisory Board Member Nydria Williams on being named 2023 Women of Substance and Style.
Partner @G4GC's convening: “Reclamation and Reciprocity: Harvesting just and liberated futures for girls, femmes and gender-expansive youth of color.”
Our instructors have done it again! 😁 Mounds of supplies collected to ship to our students!

Evoluer House Summer Graduating Class of 2022.
Evoluer House board member Suktika Mukhopadhyay, chief of staff for Snapchat Security, Privacy and Safety, and Dhanuja Shaji, privacy engineer at Snapchat, teach our girls how to be safe, and responsible online.
The Behavioral Health Training and Education Network’s International Women’s Day “Embrace Equity” panel: Moderator: Hector Ayala, CEO Hispanic Community Counseling Services; Dr. Diana Gonzalez, Manager of Equity Initiatives and UTHPA; Cheryl Ann Wadlington, Founder & Executive Director, The Evoluer House; Valerie Ferri, Deputy Director, Family Training & Advocacy; Shekhinah B. Founder & Executive Director of The Coalition for Female Empowerment; and Mary Ann McEvoy.

Evoluer House founder and her fellow Champions of Change at The White House with Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama.
We’re proud to present our brave, bold and brilliant 2022 "Power Girl" and Leadership Award Recipient Karrol Mboe! 🏆👑
Evoluer House podcast (Girl Truth) featured on CBS 3.
Evoleur House was thrilled to have Founder and Creative Director of @hellowyowie Shannon Maldonado lead our Teen Entrepreneurship event.
Sexual Health (STD and HIV/AIDS Awareness) session was LIT! Shout out to Access Matters’ Natoya, who empowered our girls to make healthy choices.


Healthy Girl Summer Virtual Series

Our ED was included on Metro Philly's Power Women list.
We’re proud to present our brave, bold and brilliant 2021 "Power Girl" and Leadership Award Recipient Samaya Morris! 🏆👑
Evoluer House Black Girls' Town Hall
Evoluer House Class of 2019
Our mentees had an amazing time with Women's Campaign International Executive Manager Brynn MacDougall at Evoluer House Power Lunch.

The Education Law Center is teaching our girls some of the rights they have as students in a public school to make sure school is a place where they can thrive.
Our technology workshop facilitated by Drexel University School of Education and Drexel grad Moe Woodard.
Our brave and brilliant 2019 "Power Girl" & Community Service Award Recipient Alexis Walker and Evoluer House Instructor Eva Blackwell.
Launch party for Evoluer House podcast, 'Girl Truth.'
This 14-year-old #EvoluerHouse Workforce Development Program participant worked tirelessly to perfect her elevator pitch! And she nailed it! #likeaboss
Commencement Ceremony Keynote Speaker, Loraine Ballard Morrill, Director of News and Community Affairs, iHeartMedia.
Our Community Service Award recipient Natasha Moore.



Our girl’s Self-Care session, led by our dynamic instructor, Dr. Tracie, was truly incredible.
Summer camp is phenomenal! We're lovin' every moment with our girls! #fieldtrip
Evoluer girls at STEM workshops hosted by PJM and Women's International Network of Utility Professionals' Mid-Atlantic chapter.
We're still on cloud nine from this year's PowerLunch! Thanks to #PhillyChapterChums, our staff and board members for helping us create a day for women and girls to come together and inspire each other.
Our summer mentees at their cyber security session led by PwC's Cybersecurity and Privacy practice, Suktika Mukhopadhyay.
#EvoluerGirls were so excited to be at PA Conference for Women and meet Target executive VP Laysha Ward.
Summer Workforce Development Program: Navigating the job interview. Presenter: Animas Corp. Senior HR Manager Bridgit Appel.
Our "On the Table, Let’s Talk Philly" conversation about constructing a new narrative for girls of color.
Women's International Network of Utility Professionals (WINUP) presenting a generous donation to Evoluer House.
On hand at our Commencement Ceremony to present remarks were State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta and Cherri Gregg, Community Affairs Reporter, KYW Newsradio.
Our 2018 Personal Development Workshop Series was supported in part by a grant from Independence Blue Cross Foundation. And its president, Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, stopped by to extend well wishes and congratulate our graduates.
Evoluer House Instructor Dr. Tracie Gilbert, congratulating civic engagement workshop leader Kaylah Nobrun.
Class Representative Laila Green.
The Evoluer House Class of 2018.
Evoluer Girls signing up for HerCampus Ambassador Program. #FutureLeaders
Our workforce mentee Arial (an #entrepreneur herself) meets two-time Emmy Award winning Costume Designer Mark Ruffin at our Career Day event.
Evoluer girls at their Holiday Gift Giving Gathering.
Evoluer House instructor Eva Blackwell with our 2017 strong, smart and brilliant Power Girl Award winner Arial Porter.
EH Commencement Ceremony: Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, President of Independence Blue Cross Foundation, encourages our girls that they can do anything.
Evoluer House Class of 2017. #futureleaders
Our Commencement Ceremony Keynote Speaker: Associated Press Race and Politics Writer Errin Whack.
Vito Chimenti, Chief Auxiliary Services Officer and Dr. Rita Toliver, Peirce College, Vice President of Academic Advancement, Peirce College, at our Graduation Ceremony.

Evoluer girls networking with SCORE Philadelphia President Mary Livingston at our annual Power Lunch hosted by Philadelphia Chapter of Chums, Inc.


Evoluer House girls with their mentor Flavia Colgan at Pennsylvania Conference for Women.
Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, president of Independence Blue Cross Foundation inspiring summer mentees to become the future leaders and innovators of our world at the Evoluer House 6th annual Power Lunch.
Empowerment program participants with mentor Nile Livingston, visual artist/strategic director at Creative Repute Design Agency.
Summer mentees at info session with University of Pennsylvania doctorial student Ashley Liu, on how to get a prestigious education for free.
Evoluer girls at their summer STEM session led by Women's International Network of Utility Professionals (Winup Mid-Atlantic).
Workforce Development Mentees with EvoluerHouse VIPs Michele Frank and Adrianne Sanogo, who make it all possible!
Our Workforce Development mentees at financial literacy breakout session.
Summer program participants at Internet Safety Workshop lead by cyber security expert Sukie Mukhopadhyay.
Evoluer House girl ambassadors at Lenfest Mastery School, inspiring young women to become agents of change in their communities.
Evoluer House instructor Tracie Gilbert honors summer program mentee on having perfect attendance this past year.
First day of summer program classes at Peirce College - Our girls are already saying, “I am exceptional beyond measure.”
Instructor Tracie Gilbert greeting parents at our parent orientation.
“I am my sister’s keeper.” - Evoluer Girls #evoluerhouse #sisterhood
Our mentees on a class trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art's "Creative Africa" Exhibition.
Amazing professional development experience for our girls at PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Exploring Program with PwC mentor Suktika Mukhopadhyay.
Evoluer House director presents keynote for Xi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. - Dartmouth College Ivy Ball.
Summer mentees at their Power Lunch experience.
Boosting the love of learning through literacy -- making books available that match girls' ability levels and interests and engaging with girls through reading.
Our director greets Black Girls Rock alum at The White House.

Junior Achievement's Anabella Tracy administering the Gallup Entrepreneurial Profile Assessment to Evoluer House workforce development program participants.
Mildred Bell, a medical esthetician and president of DermHA/Skin Health Solutions, conducted a fun, educational session entitled, "The Diva Within Knows Her Skin,” for our summer program participants.
Evoluer Girls with CBS 3 Morning Show Anchor Brooke Thomas, after her commencement speech to the Evoluer House Class of 2016.


We’re delighted to welcome our 2016 Summer Class and proud to be working with the next generation of females, who will possess the courage to fight, the power to survive, and the leadership to inspire.

Our alum with longtime Evoluer House mentors: Fox News reporter Ashley Johnson and Dr. Darlene Adams.


Evoluer girls having a "brain break" between classes.

Evoluer girls gaining access to internships and career opportunities at the “Steel Toes & Stilettos” event -- clearing the way for young women in STEM.
Congratulations to The Evoluer House Class of 2015! We rang in the graduation of our 1000th graduate with a ceremony that featured a keynote address by Philadelphia Councilwoman Cindy Bass.



Youth Congressional Award winners with Evoluer House Director at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Association for Non-Violence's Youth "Kick Off" Program.
Evoluer girls learning key money management skills at BNY Mellon Wealth Management.
Evoluer House graduates were among the volunteers who mentored our girls for Career Day this summer! Pictured here are Dominique Holt, Evoluer House Class of 2012, Barnard College ’18; Corey Stewart, Thomas M. Cooley Law School ’15; and Sangeya Lively, Evoluer House Class of 2013, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) ’19.
Our brave, bold and brilliant Power Girl Award Winner, Adina Hill.
Allyson Ahlstrom and Evoluer House alum at the "Threads for Teens Tour."

Philadelphia Chums' Dr. Darlene Adams and Dr. Roberta Muse with their Evoluer girl mentees at annual our Power Lunch.
The Evoluer House girls in Center City supporting our global partner GiveandStyle.com and meeting it’s CEO Christoph Dechler.

Cherri Gregg, community affairs reporter for KYW Newsradio, snagging selfies with Evoluer Girls at our 5th Annual Power Lunch experience.
Awesome media literacy education day helped our girls build critical thinking and analytic skills to become more discriminating in the use of mass media -- and consider whether media values are their values.
BNY Mellon Mid-Atlantic Region President Lee Woolley at the amazing Money Management Workshop BNY Mellon hosted for the girls from Evoluer House summer programs.
BNY Mellon Wealth Management staff teaching our Personal Development Workshop and Workforce Development Program mentees valuable lessons about money.
Evoluer program participants networking with Career Day mentors celebrity fashion stylist Debra Ginyard and former NBC 10 news anchor, Lori Wilson.
Sandy Ward, interior designer/CEO of Sandy Ward Designs at Evoluer House Career Day event.

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Licensed Professional Counselor, Author and Speaker Rashida Henry, facilitated a dynamic Mental Health Workshop with the girls of Evoluer House entitled "Mental Health is Wealth.”

Thanks to Winup Mid-Atlantic, our girls are exploring the cutting-edge world of #STEM.

One of many highlights of BHTEN’s International Women’s Day celebration. Shout out to all the expert panelists (@a_healthybeauty, @theevoluerhouse), moderator (@drcineg), speakers, and all the amazing women who joined us. #IWD2024 #InspireInclusion

College Prep Virtual Summer Series

Our founder Cheryl Ann Wadlington and Tina Tchen, assistant to President Obama and executive director of the White House Council on Women and Girls.

Our summer program participants were so moved by the power of Trust Building activities.

Dedicated organizations like @projectglimmer help keep the guiding urban girls to bold and bright futures mission moving forward every day.

Jennielee was selected Valedictorian of her high school class! While Jennielee attended the Evoluer House, she co-hosted our critically acclaimed podcast “Girl Truth: What Lens Are You Looking Through?”

Sahara ranked #1 in her class and was chosen Valedictorian. “Evoluer House helped my granddaughter achieve this honor,” said Sahara’s grandmother.

Evoluer House Personal Development Program participants at Civic Engagement session with former political consultant and Harvard grad Flavia Colgan.

Celebrating #EvoluerHouse Board Member Marmia Day and Advisory Board Member Nydria Williams on being named 2023 Women of Substance and Style.

Partner @G4GC's convening: “Reclamation and Reciprocity: Harvesting just and liberated futures for girls, femmes and gender-expansive youth of color.”

Our instructors have done it again! 😁 Mounds of supplies collected to ship to our students!

Evoluer House Summer Graduating Class of 2022.

Evoluer House board member Suktika Mukhopadhyay, chief of staff for Snapchat Security, Privacy and Safety, and Dhanuja Shaji, privacy engineer at Snapchat, teach our girls how to be safe, and responsible online.

Evoluer House founder and her fellow Champions of Change at The White House with Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama.

We’re proud to present our brave, bold and brilliant 2022 "Power Girl" and Leadership Award Recipient Karrol Mboe! 🏆👑

Evoluer House podcast (Girl Truth) featured on CBS 3.

Evoleur House was thrilled to have Founder and Creative Director of @hellowyowie Shannon Maldonado lead our Teen Entrepreneurship event.

Sexual Health (STD and HIV/AIDS Awareness) session was LIT! Shout out to Access Matters’ Natoya, who empowered our girls to make healthy choices.

Healthy Girl Summer Virtual Series

Our ED was included on Metro Philly's Power Women list.

We’re proud to present our brave, bold and brilliant 2021 "Power Girl" and Leadership Award Recipient Samaya Morris! 🏆👑

Evoluer House Black Girls' Town Hall

Evoluer House Class of 2019

Our mentees had an amazing time with Women's Campaign International Executive Manager Brynn MacDougall at Evoluer House Power Lunch.

The Education Law Center is teaching our girls some of the rights they have as students in a public school to make sure school is a place where they can thrive.

Our technology workshop facilitated by Drexel University School of Education and Drexel grad Moe Woodard.

Our brave and brilliant 2019 "Power Girl" & Community Service Award Recipient Alexis Walker and Evoluer House Instructor Eva Blackwell.

Launch party for Evoluer House podcast, 'Girl Truth.'

This 14-year-old #EvoluerHouse Workforce Development Program participant worked tirelessly to perfect her elevator pitch! And she nailed it! #likeaboss

Commencement Ceremony Keynote Speaker, Loraine Ballard Morrill, Director of News and Community Affairs, iHeartMedia.

Our Community Service Award recipient Natasha Moore.

Our girl’s Self-Care session, led by our dynamic instructor, Dr. Tracie, was truly incredible.

Summer camp is phenomenal! We're lovin' every moment with our girls! #fieldtrip

Evoluer girls at STEM workshops hosted by PJM and Women's International Network of Utility Professionals' Mid-Atlantic chapter.

We're still on cloud nine from this year's PowerLunch! Thanks to #PhillyChapterChums, our staff and board members for helping us create a day for women and girls to come together and inspire each other.

Our summer mentees at their cyber security session led by PwC's Cybersecurity and Privacy practice, Suktika Mukhopadhyay.

#EvoluerGirls were so excited to be at PA Conference for Women and meet Target executive VP Laysha Ward.

Summer Workforce Development Program: Navigating the job interview. Presenter: Animas Corp. Senior HR Manager Bridgit Appel.

Our "On the Table, Let’s Talk Philly" conversation about constructing a new narrative for girls of color.

Women's International Network of Utility Professionals (WINUP) presenting a generous donation to Evoluer House.

On hand at our Commencement Ceremony to present remarks were State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta and Cherri Gregg, Community Affairs Reporter, KYW Newsradio.

Our 2018 Personal Development Workshop Series was supported in part by a grant from Independence Blue Cross Foundation. And its president, Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, stopped by to extend well wishes and congratulate our graduates.

Evoluer House Instructor Dr. Tracie Gilbert, congratulating civic engagement workshop leader Kaylah Nobrun.

Class Representative Laila Green.

The Evoluer House Class of 2018.

Evoluer Girls signing up for HerCampus Ambassador Program. #FutureLeaders

Our workforce mentee Arial (an #entrepreneur herself) meets two-time Emmy Award winning Costume Designer Mark Ruffin at our Career Day event.

Evoluer girls at their Holiday Gift Giving Gathering.

Evoluer House instructor Eva Blackwell with our 2017 strong, smart and brilliant Power Girl Award winner Arial Porter.

EH Commencement Ceremony: Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, President of Independence Blue Cross Foundation, encourages our girls that they can do anything.

Evoluer House Class of 2017. #futureleaders

Our Commencement Ceremony Keynote Speaker: Associated Press Race and Politics Writer Errin Whack.

Vito Chimenti, Chief Auxiliary Services Officer and Dr. Rita Toliver, Peirce College, Vice President of Academic Advancement, Peirce College, at our Graduation Ceremony.

Evoluer girls networking with SCORE Philadelphia President Mary Livingston at our annual Power Lunch hosted by Philadelphia Chapter of Chums, Inc.

Evoluer House girls with their mentor Flavia Colgan at Pennsylvania Conference for Women.

Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, president of Independence Blue Cross Foundation inspiring summer mentees to become the future leaders and innovators of our world at the Evoluer House 6th annual Power Lunch.

Empowerment program participants with mentor Nile Livingston, visual artist/strategic director at Creative Repute Design Agency.

Summer mentees at info session with University of Pennsylvania doctorial student Ashley Liu, on how to get a prestigious education for free.

Evoluer girls at their summer STEM session led by Women's International Network of Utility Professionals (Winup Mid-Atlantic).

Workforce Development Mentees with EvoluerHouse VIPs Michele Frank and Adrianne Sanogo, who make it all possible!

Our Workforce Development mentees at financial literacy breakout session.

Summer program participants at Internet Safety Workshop lead by cyber security expert Sukie Mukhopadhyay.

Evoluer House girl ambassadors at Lenfest Mastery School, inspiring young women to become agents of change in their communities.

Evoluer House instructor Tracie Gilbert honors summer program mentee on having perfect attendance this past year.

First day of summer program classes at Peirce College - Our girls are already saying, “I am exceptional beyond measure.”

Instructor Tracie Gilbert greeting parents at our parent orientation.

“I am my sister’s keeper.” - Evoluer Girls #evoluerhouse #sisterhood

Our mentees on a class trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art's "Creative Africa" Exhibition.

Amazing professional development experience for our girls at PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Exploring Program with PwC mentor Suktika Mukhopadhyay.

Evoluer House director presents keynote for Xi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. - Dartmouth College Ivy Ball.

Summer mentees at their Power Lunch experience.

Boosting the love of learning through literacy -- making books available that match girls' ability levels and interests and engaging with girls through reading.

Our director greets Black Girls Rock alum at The White House.

Junior Achievement's Anabella Tracy administering the Gallup Entrepreneurial Profile Assessment to Evoluer House workforce development program participants.

Mildred Bell, a medical esthetician and president of DermHA/Skin Health Solutions, conducted a fun, educational session entitled, "The Diva Within Knows Her Skin,” for our summer program participants.

Evoluer Girls with CBS 3 Morning Show Anchor Brooke Thomas, after her commencement speech to the Evoluer House Class of 2016.

We’re delighted to welcome our 2016 Summer Class and proud to be working with the next generation of females, who will possess the courage to fight, the power to survive, and the leadership to inspire.