THE TEAM

Girls Build LA is a organization of many different girls coming together and empowers other women to make a change that is significant and impactful within this 21st Century.

Meet Our Team Members!

Fall '20 to Spring '21

Kelley Carin

Co-President, 8th Grade

Lesley Huinil

Co-President, 8th Grade

Lissette Hernandez

Highest GPA

Jaelyn Garcia

8th Grade

Sara Alfaro

Grade 8

Social Media Manager

Social Media Assistant

Miracle Nation

Grade 8

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View Ms. Mar's Introduction!

Click on the video on the left and view introduction videos for our team by clicking on team member names.

Top Semester Team Member: Gray Wolf Girls Build

Fall '19: Lesly H.

For the Fall 2019 Semester, Lesly held the highest GPA, had 100% attendance and participation for all fundraisers and outreach events.

2019 - 2020 Team

Kelley C.

7th Grade | Leadership

Fall '19 & Spring '20

Kelley just begined to attend LACPMS. This is her first year in Girls Build! Her goal is to make everything fair for females because people always say that Mens can do outside work & Womens can only do house work and wants to help Homeless people in the future.
She want to change everyone's minds about people's thinking in Womens and Mens. Also, she wants to make womens feel like they can do something that they want and not what others want from them.
During her free time, she likes to have some siblings time with her little brother. She will help him with his schoolwork. Also, she like write some nice things to herself and to her family, here is one of the writing she made for herself, ´´Your skin isn't paper, don't cut it, Your life isn't a movie, don't end it. But you know what you can do, Love yourself and smile everyday!´´

Keimorra B.

7th Grade | Leadership

Fall '19 & Spring '20

keimora has been attending LAPCMS since 6th grade. This is her first year in Girls Build. She joined because her goal is to influence others to speak up about things they wanted to do,and for her girls build is a big help.
She wants to change everyone's minds about there future. Example i know a lot of people who plan on dropping out of school to do other thing.Also, to change their minds about negativity they wanted in there future and some what worked.
In her free time, she likes to paint and likes to help her mom or reading a bible.

Lesley H.

7th Grade | Leadership

Fall '19 & Spring '20

Lesley has been attending LAPCMS since 6th grade. This is her first year in Girls Build. She joined because her goal is to change the community by cleaning the the community and making it better.
She wants to change everyone's minds about people's thinking in Womens and Mens because everyone thinks that Mens can do the outside work and Womens can do only the inside work.
In her free time, she likes to paint, listen to music, do meditation, hang out with her family members, and cook/bake. She likes to bake cupcakes a lot and help her mom clean .

Kristy M.

Team Adviser

The students call her Ms. Mar and this is her third year advising a Girls Build team in the Los Angeles county.
Ms. Mar has been a STEM educator for eight years serving various public school districts in Southern California. This is her first year with LA Promise Charter Middle School. With her background in biology, applied mathematics, and educational leadership, Ms. Mar's mission is to promote an interest in the sciences and to help students form connections between the field to the other STEM disciplines, including the arts. Her goal through Girls Build is to promote measurable leadership and to design engaging learning environments in the classroom and through various STEM programs.

Jisselle G.

7th | Fall '19

Jisselle has been in LAPCMS since 6 grade! Her goal is to have everyone live in peace and equality.
She wants to share about the love of God and the peace he can give all of us with the help of Women and Men.
During her free time she likes to play instruments like the piano, violin, ukulele, flute, and the trumpet. She also loves studying and reading the bible. Her favorite quote says "He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.- 1 John 2:2" This talks about equality and about peace.

Lesli R.

8th Grade | Honorary Member

Lesli is a 8th Grade student at LAPCMS. This is her third year at the school and it is her first time participating in leadership through the Girls Build program.
Her goal through Girls Build is to change how men see women's strengths and absolute place in society as leaders. As a young latina, her strengths are doing well in school, being a great friend, and sister. She observes some challenges such as the men and women from her community are not always encouraged to pursue college and a career. She looks forward to this year to help educate and provide opportunities for her classmates to learn more about future options.

Giselle S.

8th Grade | Fall '19

Giselle has been attending LAPCMS since the 6th grade. This is her first year in Girls Build. She joined because she wanted to practice having an open mind and to open her network of friends to others to learn from.
She also knows that by being in Girls Build she will be making a change through volunteer and by supporting various STEM education events at the school.
During her free time she enjoys hanging out with her family members because they give advice she can share about school, friends, and life.

Kimberly A.

8th Grade | Fall '19

Kimberly has attended LAPCMS since 6th Grade and this is her first year in Girls Build. Her goal through the Girls Build is to make a change within her South LA community.
She loves how her community comes together and appreciates the diversity in the culture and people. But she wants to become a leader to address and role model against violence and other agressions that take place. To become a leader, she wants to learn to use her voice more effectively and with purpose. Kimberly is looking forward to the volunteer work and using her actions to make a change.
During her free time, she enjoys spending mother-daughter time with her mom!

Ashley M.

8th Grade | Fall '19

Jaylene C.

7th | Fall '19

Mia W.

7th Grade | Fall '19

Alyn M.

8th Grade | Fall '19

Alyn has attended LAPCMS since the 6th grade and is known between her peers as a great student and friend. This is her first year participating in Girls Build and she is passionate about being a growing leader.
She wants to use Girls Build as a platform to share the message that women can and should be empowered to be community leaders by doing well in school and anything else they want. Alyn wants women to see each other as support and wants men to look at women and think "YES SHE CAN."
During her free time, Alyn likes to read and bake. She is currently reading, "The Faults in Our Stars." Her favorite thing to bake to relieve stress is cake - she got that tip from Grey's Anatomy.

Jayllen R.

8th Grade | Fall'19

Jayllen has been attending LAPCMS since 6th grade. This is her first year in Girls Build.She joined girls build because she thought it was interesting and she wants to help the community.
She wants to show everybody that females can be better than the way people see them see in society.
During her free time she likes to draw and talk to her friends.

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