April 2025
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Doors open at 10:30 AM
Exact date and Location TBD
2024 Recap
JA F.E.M. Forum (Financial Equity Mission) is JA of Central Texas’s lunch event to celebrate and empower women of all ages through:
Connecting local businesswomen and outstanding female high school students for interactive 1,3, and 5-year goal setting student/mentor activity
Meaningful table conversations
Compelling speakers
Panel discussion
Each year we focus on different topics around financial gender inequities. Past years have included knowing your value and how to monetize it, growing wealth and long term planning, entrepreneurial equity, and ramifications of bias.
This year, we are exploring careers where women are underrepresented and the financial implications and outcomes of that inequity. Career examples include but not limited to: technology, finance, entrepreneurship, engineering, and science.
Because of our generous partners, we invite young women from high school, at no cost to them or their schools, to join the conversation and participate in a mentoring session with professional attendees.
**Please note: Attendees are mixed genders. All are welcome.**
See the portal or package to view the details. Questions? emily@jacentex.org
Agenda
10:30 AM - Doors Open and Buffet is Open
11:00 AM - Opening ice breaker and welcome with Allison Miller and JC Estrada
11:15 AM - Delta Speaker- Ira Mercado-Dixon
11:20 AM - JA Student Speaker- Chrishell from Travis Early College High School
11:30 AM - Panel Discussion
12:00 PM - Experian Speaker- Carol Urton
12:10 PM - Student Activity- 5-3-1 Challenge LINK to learn more about this scholarship challenge.
12:30 PM - JA Student Speaker- Sydney Nguyen from Anderson High School
1:00 PM - End
Meet the Emcees
Meet the Panel & Speakers
Click the linked photos below to learn about our panelists and speakers.
Monica Muñoz Andry, Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, President and CEO
Christina Corona, Head of Operational Excellence / Chief of Staff Global Operations for National Instruments
Donna Carter, FAIA, NOMA, NCARB- Architect and Founder of Carter Design Associates
Sinyale Woods, Principal at Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. | PE, MBA
Sydney Nguyen, Anderson High School student and Aspiring Business Intelligence Analyst and Entrepreneur
Thank you, Partners!
Title Sponsors
Leadership Sponsor
Investment Sponsor
Equity Sponsor
Questions about JA F.E.M. Forum?
Contact Emily Long at emily@jacentex.org or 512.710.5437
Can’t join us? you can still support the mission!
Every $50 donation allows an Austin area student to attend a JA economic education program.
