Women With Garra Awards

The Women With Garra Awards were created to recognize the value and the contributions of Brazilian immigrant women to the community while highlighting their successes to inspire a new generation.

There are many immigrant women who are transforming their stories of resilience to build a more collaborative, stable, and successful community. The purpose of the award is to highlight the ability that we all have to build a legacy of engagement and success for ourselves and for our communities so that we each might be encouraged to bring about transformative change. 

In addition, all Women With Garra graciously shared their stories with us and we memorialized them in a book, so we can remember the drive that is alive in our community and in all of us.

Why Honor Brazilian Women?

Brazilian immigrant women and, more broadly, Latinx women, continue to face significant barriers to career achievement and are severely underrepresented in leadership roles. They must overcome a laundry list of systemic problems in addition to gathering the skills necessary for the jobs they want. They have to be fierce every day in the pursuit of their objectives.

We implemented an award for Brazilian immigrant women because we understand how much they had to overcome to occupy the spaces they now own, and we are grateful that they use that power to bring about collective change. Each woman here is a revolution and we hope each story inspires the next immigrant woman to continue moving forward in forging her own path.