the dream

team

Laura Peña

Founder

Laura Peña is a Dominican-American speaker, filmmaker, storyteller, entrepreneur, creative producer, motion designer, traveler, proud Latina, and supporter of girls. She is on a mission to support the next generation of leaders–teenage girls from around the world. And she is going about this as if our future depends on these girls, because it does.

After traveling to 5 continents and interviewing 100+ girls for her Youtube docu-series of Stories for Girls told by Girls, a question sparked in Laura’s heart: What do girls need from all of us to get to where they want to be in life? Listening to girls from all over the world inspired Laura to found She is the Universe, a non-profit and global movement for girls’ empowerment.

As an international workshop leader and speaker, Laura has shared her story at TEDx, Creative Mornings, and schools globally.

Learn more about Laura

Sara Surani

co-founder

Sara Surani is a Pakistani-American who loves listening and learning about stories of people from all over the world. She loves working with youth to find beauty and power in their own stories and to using that power to create an impact in their communities.

Sara graduated from Harvard University and is also the is a co-founder of a health education program in South Texas focused on educating over 20,000 young children about healthy living. For the past few years Sara has been working in remote communities in the Amazon jungle and helping start the first public holistic education school in Peru.

She is also a Fulbright Fellow, Schwarzman Scholar, and Rotarian (Paul Harris Fellow.)