Work With Dr. Carla

I want to hire Dr. Carla to speak at my event…

A highly sought-after, dynamic, and memorable speaker and master facilitator, Dr. Carla speaks to women, youth (pre-teens and teens), college students, parents, educators, and youth-serving professionals at schools, universities, conferences, community-based organizations and corporations around the United States. From lecturing to faculty and students at Stanford University to leading transformational assemblies and workshops for youth and educators at schools, she has spoken at a wide range of institutions and is highly skilled at engaging audiences from diverse backgrounds.

For more information about how to book Dr. Carla for a keynote, presentation, workshop, appearance, or performance, please visit her speaking page.

I want to hire Dr. Carla to guide my daughter through her teenage years….

Dr. Carla is a world-class transformational life and leadership coach who has educated, mentored, and inspired youth for decades (since her teenage years). As one of the first certified life coaches specializing in teen girls, she opened her private coaching practice in 2009, where she provides personalized coaching and expert guidance to a limited number of parents and students each year.

She uses a unique blend of transformational coaching methods informed by research and practices in positive psychology, social and emotional learning, and health education to facilitate self-empowerment. Building on her personal challenges as a gifted and talented student and extensive experience working with student leaders, Dr. Carla is passionate about helping ambitious, gifted, and high-achieving young women and girl leaders thrive during adolescence and beyond.

She also leads educational and transformational personal development workshops and is currently developing a long-awaited online group coaching program to reach adolescent girls and gender-expansive youth with her one-of-a-kind programs.

Click here for more information about coaching with Dr. Carla. 

I want to hire Dr. Carla to teach me how to make money and a positive difference in the lives of girls as a professional speaker, life coach, or girl-serving entrepreneur.

Dr. Carla with A Heart for Girls™ Mastermind clients at a group coaching intensive in Atlanta, GA.

Dr. Carla is a leading business mentor and coach for youth speakers, life coaches, educators, nonprofit leaders, and entrepreneurs with a heart for empowering and uplifting girls. As a sought-after speaker and facilitator,  girls’ studies researcher, and expert on adolescent girls, she has provided professional development training for youth development workers, educators, and girl-serving professionals for more than twenty years.

At a time when it was considered unconventional for women to earn an income from their work in the girl empowerment space, Dr. Carla coined the term, “girl empowerment business/girls empowerment business” after figuring out how to transform her underpaid work as the founder of the award-winning nonprofit organization, Helping Our Teen Girls In Real Life Situations, Inc. (HOTGIRLS)® into a profitable career as a professional speaker and life coach. In response to daily requests from aspiring and established youth speakers, coaches, educators, mental health professionals, and leaders of girl-serving nonprofits who wanted to learn how to create a successful business, she surveyed the field and created a free online training on The Business of Empowering Girls that reached women around the globe. Her message inspired women and gave them permission to charge for their services without guilt.

After coaching women one-on-one, Dr. Carla created her flagship business coaching program, the A Heart for Girls™ Business Academy in 2014, to teach women how to start and grow successful girl-serving businesses that stand out from the crowd and transform the lives of girls. Over the years, she has led group coaching programs, masterminds for established business owners, and professional development trainings. She also created the A Heart for Girls™ Collective membership for facilitators and leaders of girl-serving programs to teach women how to be more effective in their work with girls and monetize their passion for empowering women and girls, so they can do what they love, create a bigger impact, and sustain their work long-term.

Click here to find out more about Dr. Carla’s business mentoring and coaching programs.

I want to interview Dr. Carla for a book, news article, TV show, etc…

Thank you for your interest in featuring Dr. Carla. Her work has been published and highlighted in academic books, studied at post-secondary institutions around the world, and featured as an expert in local and national media outlets and popular web sites including The New York Times, Reuters, Woman’s Day, Ebony, Heart & Soul Magazine, Yahoo! Parenting and Daughters. She has also been interviewed on morning shows and television networks around the United States, including NBC and CBS.

Please visit Dr. Carla’s press page

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