This event is also the launch of a new women’s empowerment community we are working to create called “Girl Dinner.” This space is designed for women to gather in vulnerability and truth—to have the hard conversations, share our stories, and connect through our shared humanness.

Over good food and deep discussion, we hope to foster real, lasting relationships that go far beyond surface-level networking.

The idea for this dinner and the “Girl Dinner” community was born from my own journey as a survivor of domestic violence.

I didn’t know where to turn, had no idea there were resources like LACASA available, and lacked a supportive community to walk with me through the pain. Through community, I’ve come to see myself not as a victim, but as a voice—for the women still in it, for those quietly surviving, and for the friends and families who want to support them but don’t always…