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HEALING-CENTERED MENTORSHIP

Healing Girls.
Building Leaders.
Creating Safer Futures.

Focus Fairies Mentoring provides culturally responsive mentorship, violence-prevention programming, mental-wellness support, leadership development and workforce pathways for Black and Brown girls and young women across Chicago.

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Impact at a glance

120

girls in structured mentoring annually

400+

community members reached through outreach

90%

reported increased confidence

70%

improved conflict-resolution skills

WHY WE EXIST

Every girl deserves to feel safe, seen and supported.

Black and Brown girls possess tremendous creativity, insight and leadership potential. Yet many are growing up while navigating community violence, chronic stress, educational inequities, family responsibilities and limited access to culturally responsive mental-health support. Focus Fairies creates the relationships, safe spaces and opportunities girls need to heal, grow, lead and imagine possibilities beyond the conditions surrounding them.

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OUR APPROACH

Joy is part of the healing.

We combine trauma-informed mentorship, culturally responsive curriculum, creative expression, movement, mental-wellness practices, leadership development and practical opportunity. Girls build trusted relationships, learn to name and navigate their emotions, strengthen their voices and gain exposure to new educational and professional possibilities.

THE PROGRAM CONTINUUM

One pathway, from age 7 through young adulthood.

Girls do not age out of needing support. Our programs connect, so a girl who joins us at seven can still be with us at twenty-one.

Whimsical Wonder and Wishes

Early intervention & school-based mentoring

Girls build confidence, emotional vocabulary and friendship skills through creative workshops and consistent group mentoring in their own schools.

Whimsical Wonder and Wishes

Early intervention & school-based mentoring

Girls build confidence, emotional vocabulary and friendship skills through creative workshops and consistent group mentoring in their own schools.

Whimsical Wonder and Wishes

Early intervention & school-based mentoring

Girls build confidence, emotional vocabulary and friendship skills through creative workshops and consistent group mentoring in their own schools.

Whimsical Wonder and Wishes

Early intervention & school-based mentoring

Girls build confidence, emotional vocabulary and friendship skills through creative workshops and consistent group mentoring in their own schools.

Whimsical Wonder and Wishes

Early intervention & school-based mentoring

Girls build confidence, emotional vocabulary and friendship skills through creative workshops and consistent group mentoring in their own schools.

Violence Prevention

Girls must be part of the violence-prevention conversation.

Girls experience community violence in distinct and often overlooked ways — as witnesses, survivors, caregivers, grieving family members and young people navigating institutions. Focus Fairies strengthens the protective relationships, emotional skills, peaceful conflict-navigation strategies and resource connections that help girls move beyond survival toward healing, agency and stability.

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Chicago Roots

Meeting girls where they are.

Focus Fairies works in schools, community spaces, justice settings and neighborhoods across Chicago, with a primary concentration on the South and West Sides and select partner sites citywide.

Communities Served

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Her Voice. Her Future.

" I learned that my voice matters."

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PARTNERSHIP MAKES THE WORK POSSIBLE

Invest in the relationships, spaces and opportuinties girls need to thrive.

Program Partnership

Bring Focus Fairies to your school, agency or community site. We provide curriculum, facilitators and evaluation support.

Funding & Corporate Partnership

Fund a cohort, sponsor the WOW Bus, or build an employee engagement partnership with measurable impact.

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