Introducing Our 2025 Summer Leadership Institute Fellows - Women's Foundation California

Meet our 2025 Summer Leadership Institute fellows, a wildly brilliant crew of 28 young feminists laying the foundation for our feminist future.

This year, we’re gathering again in Sonoma, surrounded by redwoods, wide skies, and the kind of magic that happens when young visionaries come together in community.

These fellows aren’t waiting for the world to catch up. In a time when reproductive justice is under attack, white supremacy is shape-shifting, and immigrant communities are threatened, they are already pushing back—dreaming bigger, organizing smarter, and refusing to let cynicism win. Investing in them isn’t just hopeful—it’s strategic. It’s necessary.

We’re holding space—for joy, for growth, for radical imagination—as these changemakers connect with each other and the land.

2025 Summer Leadership Fellows

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Abigail,
Lakeside

Adanya,
Martinez

Alana,
Berkeley

Alexis,
Eastvale

Alyson,
Long Beach

Ashley,
Oakland

Brennen,
Los Angeles

Carmen,
San Diego

Dalinef,
Fontana

Dawnae,
San Francisco

Elena,
Cypress

Elsa,
Riverside

Farhiya,
San Diego

Gabriela,
Martinez

Gauri,
Milpitas

Gisele,
San Diego

Joshshae,
Inglewood

Kathleen,
San Diego

Laila,
West Sacramento

Layla,
Spring Valley

Maria,
Stanton

Marianna,
Rohnert Park

Mariposa,
Morgan Hill

Maritza,
Santa Rosa

Marlene,
Los Angeles

Stephanie,
San Francisco

Tiana,
Yorba Linda

Valeria,
Santa Rosa

From poetry to policy, self-care models to protest strategies, our Summer Leadership Institute is a living, breathing space where leadership and liberation are co-created. And it’s 100% free—because access is a right, not a reward.

We can’t wait to build, dream, and rise with these bold young leaders. The future isn’t some far-off possibility—it’s already here, and it’s being built by 28 unstoppable feminists in Sonoma Valley this summer.

This work is powered by you.

The feminist future we are building together in California is going to be built by all of us sharing our time, our money, and our skills.  Please consider contributing today.

Together We Are Unstoppable.

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