ABOUT US
It all started in a classroom. Our founders, Luisina, Julia, and Davina met as first year students at the Pennsylvania State University in their Honors Rhetoric and Civic Life class. The three students believed educating women is a critical step to decrease poverty and advance economic and social development. When their class was asked to create an advocacy project at the end of the course, the three young women came together. Through their passion for equal access to education and women’s empowerment, the Writes for Her Rights project was born.
A message from our founders:
“It is our goal to spread awareness and advocate for women’s education around the globe, and we hope that you join us in our mission to ensure equal access to education.”
MEET THE TEAM
LUISINA KEMANIAN-LEITES
Co-Founder
Luisina is a first-year in the College of Liberal Arts. She is majoring in international politics with a focus on international relations and minoring in Arabic and Spanish. She is on the executive board for the Liberal Arts Undergraduate Council, which acts as a voice for the student body of the College of Liberal Arts to the administration. She is involved in the College Democrats club on campus, and helped with the push to register students to vote in the local and national elections. She is also a research assistant at a lab on campus that does research on children, media, and education in conflict zones. After her time at Penn State, she would like to work as a diplomat for the State Department.
JULIA SAGANOWICH
Co-Founder
Julia is a first-year scholar in the Schreyer Honors College and Smeal College of Business. She is planning to major in Marketing and minor in Digital Media Trends & Analytics and Communications Arts & Sciences. In addition, she is a distinguished leader a part of the Smeal College of Business Sapphire Leadership Program. She is also a member and the Content Chair of the Schreyer Honors College Scholar Ambassadors, which helps the honors college in its recruitment and student-led philanthropic initiatives. After her time at Penn State, she aspires to pursue an MBA and start her own business one day.
DAVINA STAMP
Co-Founder
Davina Stamp is a first-year scholar in Schreyer’s Honors College and the College of Engineering, studying Biomedical Engineering. Davina is a Project Lead in Penn State’s Engineers Without Borders, currently leading a project building a water subterranean well pump, transport, and storage system for the village of Namutamba, Uganda, and is a Medical Assistant Volunteer with Remote Area Medical, a free clinic organization for disadvantaged areas in the US. Davina is also actively involved in sports and outdoors activities, belonging to the Penn State Club Triathlon Team, the Caving Club, and Rock Climbing Club. She is employed by the university on a research team developing a virtual reality model of the action potential changes in a cardiac myocyte following ionic movement through voltage-gated channels in the cardiac membrane for future pre-med student education. Next semester, Davina will serve as a Team Leader for Penn State’s Fresh Start Day of Service and will be rushing a business fraternity. After her time at Penn State, Davina plans to pursue graduate or doctorate school, eventually working with medical device and biotechnology research and design. Living in five countries throughout her life, she hopes to maintain travel as a part of her career.