Who is YWLC designed for?
High school girls, including rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
When is the program?
June/July 2025-April 2026
What is the time commitment?
80 hours minimum and up to 120+ hours of extracurricular and community service hours. See commitments listed below for breakdown of hours.
YWLC Participants commit to the following:
1. YWLC Summer Conference, 8:30am - 4:30pm daily (48 hours total).
Select only one of the four conference options:
    Houston Summer Conference Week 1 from June 23-28
- Location: Rice University
    
Houston Summer Conference Week 2 from July 14-19 - Closed
- Location: Rice University
    
Austin Summer Conference from July 21-26
    
St Louis Summer Conference from July 28-Aug 2
- Location: Washington University
2. Monthly meetings from August - April (10 hours total)
3. 1:1 Mentoring (5-10 hours total)
4. Take Action Challenge (TAC) planning & building a community service project from A-Z for the duration of the program (20-50 hours depending on the scope of the project)
- Location: This is dependent on the type of project and is up to the student to decide.