Our start

beGirl.world (bGw), founded in 2014 is a Philadelphia based organization that empowers teenage girls through global education and travel. bGw challenges girls to think beyond their neighborhood, dream bigger than their city limits, and create possibilities outside their country borders.  beGirl.world accomplishes this through the beGirl.world Global Ambassador Program (bGAP) and the Study Abroad Scholarship Program. 

bGAP is a two-year structured program of monthly gatherings, as well as, domestic and international cultural travel for high school girls. The curriculum is built around beGirl.world’s five core values: self-actualization, leadership, exploration, resourcefulness, and service.

It is the organization's belief that using global education and travel as a vehicle to teach and expose the next generation of young women to cross-cultural learning, careers in travel, careers that travel, and study abroad programs, will lead not only to overall personal fulfillment but also professional growth that often emanates from domestic and international travel.

beGirl.world cohorts have had the opportunity to expand their worldview by visiting locations such as, Washington D.C., New York, London, Paris, and Madrid. bGw graduates gain life-long connections, a transformed world view, and exposure in traveling, studying and working abroad.

The organization is also built on the sobering fact that in the United States of America, under 7% of study abroad students are Black. Financial constraint is one of the biggest factors students cite for their non-participation in study abroad programs. beGirl.world also supports study abroad opportunities through the bGw Study Abroad Scholarship Program. In 2019 bGw awarded $4,0000 to young Black women who participated in University level study abroad programs in both London and Ghana.

Overall, bGw is changing the face and narrative of global education and travel by equipping young black women with the confidence, independence, and tools to discover the world and become global citizens.