CSUF Women's Leadership Program

Last Friday’s WLP Alumni Panel was such an inspiring experience! Our members had the chance to hear some of our most accomplished alumni – including a founder of our own law firm – who shares their journeys, advice, and insights!

It is your last chance to support the Women’s Leadership Program during the CSUF Titan Day of Giving! Your support helps us provide career coaching, along with leadership development for our future cohorts! Use the link below to donate!

https://titansgive.fullerton.edu/giving-day/108355/department/108366

Support WLP during Titan Day of Giving! Your support helps empower the next generation of women leaders!

The Women’s Leadership Program has doubled in size over the last two years, growing to 84 incredible members from sophomores to graduate students.
With this growth, we need your support to continue providing career coaching sessions that alumni have called “life-changing.”
This Titan Day of Giving, consider supporting WLP and helping empower the next generation of women leaders.
Donate during the matching times to double your impact!
Your support makes a difference in the lives of future WLP members.

This year marks the first time we are selling tickets for the International Women’s Day Conference. I understand that the ticket price may be a concern for those of you still establishing your careers. To ensure you can still attend, I would like to offer a couple of options.

The content of the conference will be relevant to anyone, regardless of career path. Attendees will receive a toolkit to help identify when negative thinking arises, stop it in its tracks, and activate their sage brain. This sage brain is linked to creativity, problem-solving, and thinking outside the box. Research has shown that it strengthens resilience, enhances performance, improves productivity, and fosters better relationships—both professional and personal—while also promoting emotional agility, mental health, and overall happiness.

You may not know this, but the WLP is not funded by the state or CSUF; we rely entirely on sponsorships and donations. This year, I have worked hard to secure sponsorships for seminar lunches, conference speakers, and student costs for IWD. Unfortunately, this means I cannot provide free tickets. However, I propose the following options:

1. Check with your employer about reimbursement, as this conference is considered a full day of professional development, which they will likely benefit from.
2. If option one is not feasible, you can register using the student rate with your CWID. In return, I ask that you make a minimum donation of $25 during Titan Day of Giving on March 11, preferably during a matching time when your donation can be doubled by a corporate sponsor or WLP champion.

I hope these options will help you attend. It would be wonderful for all of you to experience this International Women’s Day!

This past Friday on February 6th 2026, the Women’s Leadership Program had the honor of hosting three successful and distinguished ladies whose insights led our How to Negotiate Salary seminar with curiosity and enthusiasm!

Huge thank you to Kira Bruno, Founder and CEO of FORTIS Resource Partners Inc., for expertly moderating an impactful panel and leading a meaningful discussion on job searching, interviewing, and salary negotiation.

In addition, we are extremely grateful to have learned from our amazing panelists - Shweta Mogha, Global Talent Acquisition Manager at Mercury Insurance and former Meta and Amazon, as well as Oksana Lukash, founder of People, Culture and You. Their insights had left our members feeling confident, prepared, and motivated in their career journeys!

Thank you our members for asking questions and making this seminar impactful!!🧡💙🤍

Thank everyone for coming to the WLP last workshop of this academic year.

I’m so grateful that I had the opportunity to fill the first Social Media Coordinator role as a WLP Ambassador. I want to thank the program directors, Dr. Sadri & Lacy for their dedication and commitment to the program. Additionally, I would like to thank all the amazing ambassadors, coaches and board members that helped contribute to the success of the Women’s Leadership Program.

We’re so grateful that you all dedicated your Fridays to be here with us. We can’t wait to see y’all become the best version of yourself. Best of luck to you as you move on to the next chapter in your life. You will surely succeed in anything you put your mind to! We wish you good luck in your future endeavors!

Welcome back, everyone!

Hope y’all had a restful spring break

As a reminder, we have our last workshop tomorrow at 10:30 AM! The WLP alumnus will be sharing their experiences about advancing their careers and how the WLP helped contribute to their success.

We look forward to seeing you!

Hello 🐘! 

Thank you, Dr. Goli Sadri, for the inspirational session on Male/Female Communication Differences. 

“To be heard, you must speak up.” Here are practices for women struggling to be heard discussed in the presentation. Be concise, anticipate objections, and seed the room with allies. Changing the conversation. Be aware of your tone and body language. Keep up the excellent work. 

Thank everyone for joining us. Have a great weekend, everyone!

Happy International Women’s Day, everyone!

In honor of International Women’s Day, I would like to express my gratitude to the Program Director, Dr. Goli Sadri, co-Director, Lacy Schoen, and all our outstanding board members that helped contribute to the success of the WLP Program.

✨Check out the story to see our amazing board members ✨

Hello WLP Participants,

This coming Friday's WLP workshop is on Male/Female Communication Differences and how to bridge the gap presented by our Program Director, Dr. Goli Sadri.

We look forward to seeing you this Friday, March 11th at 10:30 AM!