As we all witnessed last night, when one person finds the words to share her story, it not only changes her life, but the lives of everyone who hears it. When I decided to start HER Resiliency Center, all I had was my story. I can’t even begin to express how inspiring it was to

Read more and subscribe to our newsletter. Wow, it’s amazing how fast time flies! Can you believe that HER Resiliency Center opened its doors one year ago today? In one year we accomplished: 50 peers served 35 weekly workshops hosted 8 peers were supported in applying for and securing stable housing 31 peers were prepped for

Watch HER founder Natasha Guynes on Montgomery County, MD, Channel 21. Learn more at MontgomeryCommunityMediaTV.org.

Read more and subscribe to our newsletter. This holiday season give a gift that will impact the lives of vulnerable young women. Each young woman HER Resiliency Center serves has her own personalized plan for success. Our peers have their eyes on being business owners, lawyers, social workers, and joining the military. With your support, the

Read more and subscribe to our newsletter. As we approach the end of 2016, I wanted to share with you some of the milestones we’ve reached. This year we went from a vision to supporting 30 young women (peers) and two full time staff members. We’ve helped our peers: Transition from foster care Handle court

Looking to make a difference and have fun? We have just the event! Trim Hair Salon is hosting an open house on November 15th from 6-8 pm, in support of HER Resiliency Center. Tickets to the event get you drinks and food from Bluejacket, raffle tickets for gift prizes from Bumble & Bumble, and live

Natasha Guynes, 35, is president and founder of HER Resiliency Center, a nonprofit for vulnerable young women. She lives in Washington. I’m going to thumbnail-sketch you for a second, and I’m sorry about that. You went from being a commercial sex worker to working on Capitol Hill. I moved to D.C. when I was 20.

HEMPHILL Fine Arts and HER Resiliency Center (HER) are teaming up for a fall reception to support vulnerable young women in Washington, DC. Please RSVP here. Hemphill Fine Arts 1515 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20005 Thursday, October 20 at 6 PM – 8 PM Acclaimed artist Julie Wolfe has created original works on paper

One of my goals for creating HER was to bring young women together in a place where they could begin to know themselves, respect their own opinions and those of their peers, and create a roadmap for their lives. And that is exactly what we are doing! This summer, HER worked with 25 young women

HER Resiliency Center (HER) proudly accepts Revlon’s “Love is On” Million Dollar Challenge! Every dollar we raise will go to supporting HER’s mission of providing guidance, resources, and support to the young women we serve – and pushes us closer to one of five prizes, from $25,000 to $1,000,000! Help us reach our goal HER