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Introducing , our new Co-VP of Community Building!

Alexis is a rising sophomore majoring in Communication and minoring in Business. Along with WLS, she is an Annenberg Scholar and member of Trojan Scholars Society and Phi Alpha Delta. Alexis is passionate about social media, education equality, and social justice. She founded a nonprofit called WriteKids dedicated to education equality with an international focus and volunteers at the Innocence Project to promote criminal justice reform. Additionally, she runs an Instagram food blog, , where she inspires balanced living through food. In the future, Alexis plans to pursue a career in law to champion social justice.

Meet our incoming Co-VP of Community Building!

Lindsey is a rising sophomore majoring in communication with a minor in the entertainment industry. She is excited for her new position as co-VP of Community Building for the Women’s Leadership Society at USC Annenberg. In addition to WLS, Lindsey is a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority, Marshall Entertainment Association, and SPEC magazine at USC. She loves writing, film, cooking, dancing, and building connections with new people, which she is eager to do through her new WLS role. Over the summer, Lindsey will be a marketing intern at Local Grit and also for Irish Dancing Magazine.

will be taking over the reins as VP of Social Media next year!

Elizabeth is a first year masters student in Annenberg's Communication Data Science program. Elizabeth has interned for multiple non-profit organizations, helping them with their social media marketing campaigns and event planning. Elizabeth is passionate about storytelling and raising awareness on social media, and hopes to continue working with local communities to share their stories and make an impact in the future. Off campus, she loves spending time with her two cats, baking, and drinking boba! She is really excited to see everyone on campus again and share our amazing experiences in WLS online!

We’re thrilled to announce .valenzuela__ will be our new Co-VP of Social Impact for the 2021-2022 school year!

Victoria is a rising senior majoring in creative writing. Outside of WLS, Victoria is also the Founder and President of the Wrongful Convictions Club USC, a reporter with the Daily Trojan, a writer with Haute Magazine, a student committee member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and just finished an internship with BuzzFeed News. She loves that WLS is an organization filled with strong women. As the incoming Co-VP of Social Impact, she wants to use our platform to empower women from disadvantaged communities to unlock their potential and achieve their goals. Particular groups she looks forward to working with are foster youth, incarcerated and homeless women, and independent women owned businesses in the L.A. area who would like our support.

Give a warm welcome to next year’s Co-VP of Social Impact !

Julianna will be a junior in the fall and is double-majoring in Journalism and Economics at USC. Julianna is a member of Pi Beta Phi and the Dornsife Trial Advocacy Program. She will be interning at the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing this summer and is looking forward to doing civil rights advocacy work. In her free time, Julianna enjoys going to the beach and trying new restaurants. Next year, Julianna looks forward to empowering all WLS members and continuously build upon the legacy of WLS!

Say hello to next year’s VP of External Events !

Liv is a rising junior majoring in Communication with minors in both Spanish and Practical Politics. She will be the incoming VP of External Events for WLS, a newly established position in the organization. Next year in WLS, Liv is looking forward to bringing great events and guest speakers to campus for all of our members and hosting events that non-members can enjoy as well! She is excited to bond with this amazing group of women and have some fun events! In addition to WLS, Liv is an intern in the Annenberg Admission Office and serves as a USC Annenberg Ambassador. She is also a member of SPEC magazine and tutors students in English through a USC-student-founded organization called Spanglish. Liv will be working for an editorial media company called Godfrey Dadich this summer. Outside of school, Liv enjoys skiing and boating with family and friends, painting, and being outside.

Meet our incoming Co-Director !

Ashley is a rising junior majoring in Communication with a minor in Music Industry. Outside of WLS, she is involved with KXSC Radio, Gamma Phi Beta, and WYSE. This summer she will be working as a Copyright Film & TV Intern at Sony Music Publishing. In her free time, Ashley loves going to concerts and exploring LA with her friends. She is looking forward to bringing in strong female speakers for WLS next year and transitioning back to in-person programming!

We are very excited to have return as Co-Director for the 2021-2022 school year.

Maddie is pursuing a Public Relations major with a Music Industry minor. She is a member of USC Concerts Committee and Co-President of a non-profit club called Press Friends on campus. This summer she will be interning with SJR in the client services department and working on the Spotify account. In the past, she has interned for Insomniac Events, Rephlektor PR, and Full Coverage Communications. After college she aspires to work within the Public Relations realm of the music industry. Maddie is very excited to be back on campus in the fall and can’t wait to meet everyone in person!

Join us for a discussion with Brooke Baldwin on her new book, HUDDLE, on Tuesday, April 27 at 4PM PST. Every WLS member will be gifted a free e-book!

Brooke Baldwin is a veteran journalist who you've seen on CNN over the
last decade covering some of the world's biggest breaking stories. After more than 20 years in the male-dominated industry of TV news, often reporting on the world’s most powerful men, veteran journalist Brooke Baldwin spent two days back-to-back covering the 2017 presidential inauguration and the historic Women’s March in D.C. The experience changed her perspective and led to the question: what happens when women huddle? Baldwin’s new book HUDDLE: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power, is a blend of journalism andpersonal narrative examining how women have come together in a wide variety of times and places, to provide each other with support, empowerment, inspiration, and the strength to solve problems or enact meaningful change.

RSVP at the link in our bio or at tinyurl.com/WLSBrookeBaldwin

We are so excited to have Pearl Keane as a guest speaker next Tuesday, April 6 at 4PM PST!

Pearl is a Charity Partnerships Manager at Tiltify, the #1 fundraising platform for content creators and livestreams. She manages over a hundred nonprofit organizations and focuses on strategically improving their fundraising and growth on the platform. When she’s not working, she loves playing beach volleyball, traveling and volunteering with Duet, a nonprofit focused on rebuilding lives by reimagining humanitarian aid.

RSVP at the link in our bio or at tinyurl.com/WLSxPearlKeane

Happy International Women’s Day!! Join us for a celebration today at 6PM PST! Our VP of Community Building Kathrin Altmann will be hosting a workshop for WLS members. Zoom link is in our bio!

Introducing the second installment of Gender Equality Game-Changers 🎙 Sara Just will be joining us on Friday, March 5 at 12PM PST!

If you are interested in journalism, politics, and/or television production, make sure to tune in to learn from Just, an executive producer of the political news show PBS NewsHour.

Sara became the executive producer of PBS NewsHour and a WETA senior vice president in September 2014 where she leads the editorial and production of the nightly broadcast and online content.

Since taking over leadership of the NewsHour, she has driven growth and expansion to this legacy media brand, including adding staff to the newsroom, forging new media partnerships and increasing the output of enterprising reporting. These efforts have led to double-digit audience growth across TV and digital platforms and some of journalism’s most prestigious awards.

We are so excited to see you all in our conversation with her tomorrow! RSVP at the link in our bio or at tinyurl.com/SaraJustWLS