>> WELCOME BACK, ENCOURAGING YOUNG WOMEN TO BE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO BE. I AM JOINED BY SHERIKKA LOWRY. FOUNDER OF A NEW PROGRAM CALLED. PASSION TO PURPOSE. THE GOAL IS TO CREATE MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. FOR YOUNG WOMEN IN CINCINNATI. SHERIKKA, THANKS FOR COMING IN TODAY. ON THIS BEAUTIFUL FRIDAY. >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TODAY I’M EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM. >> TALK ABOUT PASSION FOR PURPOSE AND HOW THIS INSPIRATION STARTED. >> PASSION TO PURPOSE, I AM FROM OHIO, LINCOLN HEIGHTS IS A SMALL NET COMMUNITY, I WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER, WE WERE LESS FORTUNATE THAN OTHERS IN THE AREA. WE DID NOT HAVE MUCH, WE KIND OF STRUGGLED WITH THE THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE, WE WERE BULLIED, WERE NOT TOLD MUCH ABOUT COLLEGE OR THINGS LIKE THAT. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO OVERCOME ALL THE OBSTACLES WE HAD AT THAT TIME. THE LACK OF FOOD OR GOING TO THE FREE STORE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I WENT TO SCHOOL, I HAVE A BUSINESS DEGREE AND A LAW DEGREE. I WENT TO UC AND I AM NOW EMPLOYED AT GENERAL ELECTRIC GE AVIATION. SHEREE: YOU ARE REALLY PROOF OF HOW YOU CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IF YOU HAVE THAT GUIDANCE OR TOOLS. I AM GUESSING MAYBE THERE WAS A MENTOR THAT INSPIRED YOU. TALK ABOUT MENTORSHIP IN YOUR PROGRAM, I UNDERSTAND IT IS A BIG PARTY OR PROGRAM. >> MENTOR SHIP IS HUGE, SURPRISINGLY I DO NOT HAVE A MENTOR, OR ANY WHEN I LOOKED UP TO ARE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WHAT INSPIRED ME THE MOST WAS, I JUST WANTED BETTER. WHEN YOU GROW UP AND SEE THE THINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, YOU WANT TO STAND OUT AND BE YOUR OWN PERSON. THAT WAS THE PURPOSE FOR ME, I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING OTHER PEOPLE. I AM A GIVER, I AM REALLY BIG ON GIVING TO PEOPLE. THE BIGGEST THING TO ME, HOW CAN I GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY I CAME FROM? THE BIGGEST THING TO ME IS, I CAN RELATE TO THESE GIRLS, I WAS THAT GIRL, WHY NOT CREATE PASSION TO PURPOSE? IT IS TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE AND CREATE SOME KIND OF PURPOSE. CREATE SELF-LOVE OR A HEALTHY MINDSET, HELPING THEM WITH THEIR HYGIENE, CAREER ELEMENT, RESUME BUILDING, THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF GIRLS AGES 12-18. WE TEASE HER ABOUT COLLEGE, COMPUTER SKILLS, EVERYONE ON MY TEAM ARE PROFESSIONALS WE HAVE NURSES, ON-SCREEN DOORS, FINANCIALLY -- ENTREPRENEURS, FINANCIAL LEADERS. IS A GREAT WAY TO GIVE BACK. I WANT TO SEE YOUNG WOMEN HOW TO JAKE -- BREAK THESE GENERATIONAL CURSES. BREAK THE FEARS AND OBSTACLES THEY FACE EVERYDAY. SHEREE: I LOVE YOUR MISSION, I SAY IT EVERY TIME, WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE SEE THIS CYCLE, THE CYCLE OF PROPER -- POVERTY OR THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE WE SAW LAST WEEKEND OVER THE RHINE. THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS TO REALLY SHOW GIRLS, YOUNG GIRLS TO SURROUND THEM WITH STRONG WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE IT AND SHOW THEM THEY CAN DO THE SAME THING. >> ABSOLUTELY THAT IS THE BIGGEST GOAL, WANT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMEONE THAT DOES CARE. I KAREN I WANT TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO HELP YOU -- CARE AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO JUDGE AND HELP YOU. WE HAVE PARENTS THAT WANT TO REACH OUT AS WELL. I AM OPEN TO THAT ALSO. SHEREE: THERE IS A BIG EVENT TOMORROW. TELLS ABOUT THE EVENT TOMORROW AND HOW GIRLS CAN GET INVOLVED. >> THERE IS AN EVENT TOMORROW, IS THAT THE CHURCH, WILL HAVE A LINK UP. THE PROGRAM IS FROM 2 P.M. TO 5 P.M., IT IS GOING TO CONSIST OF ME TELLING MY STORY AND WHY I STARTED PASSION TO PURPOSE. WE WILL HAVE THREE PANELIST, WILL HAVE ONE TALK ABOUT SELF-LOVE, DEPRESSION, ON-SCREEN WORSHIP -- ENTREPRENEURSHIP. WE CAN OPEN UP REGISTRATION AFTERWARDS. SHEREE: ANYONE CAN SHOW UP? >> ANYONE. AT THE VINEYARD, 2 P.M. TO 5 P.M.. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DONATED AWESOME GIFTS. WE HAVE GREAT GIVEAWAYS FOR EVERYONE THAT SIGNED UP AND REGISTERED FOR THE PROGRAM. SHEREE: I LOVE THIS, WILL HAVE MUCH MORE INFORMATION, I KNOW IS A LOT TO PROCESS WILL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE WLWT.COM. I’D LOVE STORIES LIKE YOURS, I DID NOT REALIZE YOU DIDN’T HAVE A MENTOR, I JUST ASSUMED SOMEONE HAD GUIDED YOU, TO DO THIS ALL ON YOUR OWN, BUT A GIFT YOU ARE DOING TO GIVE BACK TO YOUNGER GIRLS SO THEY CAN HAVE WHAT YOU DID ALL ON YOUR OWN. >> THAT YOU SO MUCH IS WONDERFUL. SHEREE: ALL THIS INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE WILL PUT A LINK UP FOR YO