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Tools & Tiaras

Tools & Tiaras, wholeheartedly believes that girls can do every and anything and aims to help girls learn trade skills by exposing, inspiring, and mentoring them to excel in these areas. We want to empower girls to be trailblazers.

Tools & Tiaras Inc. (T&T) is a black woman/history-making, plumber-founded nonprofit based in Jamaica, Queens in New York City in 2017. Under Judaline Cassidy's fearless leadership, the organization's mission is to show girls ages 6-14 that Jobs Don't Have Genders™. They do this through hands-on weekend workshops and summer camps that are centered on the skilled construction trades, as well as on "non-traditional" careers in which women are still largely underrepresented.

T&T's pioneering Expose Inspire Mentor programming is designed to shatter stereotypes and change the prevailing "women's work” narrative to one that is expansive and opportunity-filled. Ultimately, Tools & Tiaras empowers girls with the skills and self-confidence to see limitless possibilities for themselves as builders of the world they envision.

Through its core construction skills curriculum (plumbing, electrical, carpentry, welding, automotive, engineering, sheet metal, architecture and more), T&T puts real tools like drills, torches and wrenches directly into girls hands so they see and realize just how capable they are. The organization's namesake T.O.O.L.S. (Total Ownership Of Life Skills) programming helps girls develop invaluable life skills like self-confidence, leadership, financial literacy and activism that will serve them no matter what career path they choose, be it construction workforce trailblazers, STEM leaders, community-focused change-makers...anything they dream.

T&T's fun-meets-education summer camps are offered at no cost through the organization's scholarship program, ensuring there is no financial barrier to entry for any interested girl. All T&T programming is led by gender and racial barrier breaking tradeswomen and industry leaders. This gives girls direct access to an inspiring community of professional mentors and role models during the formative years of their developmental journey.

In addition to serving girls throughout the NYC and surrounding areas, Tools & Tiaras Inc. launched a Chapter program in 2022. This allows T&T to meet demand for its programming and expand its impact and reach to girls in other parts of the country and world. Tools & Tiaras Boston was the organization's inaugural Chapter with more soon to follow.

 Learn more at toolsandtiaras.org, and on Instagram and LinkedIn.

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