Non-Profit Organization

Empowering, Encouraging, Educating, and Elevating

Rising Women of Virtue is established with the mission of helping women rediscover their inner strengths, embrace their purpose, and pursue lives aligned with their values, healing, and aspirations.

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Mission Statement

Fostering Lasting Resilience

To foster personal and professional advancement for women by providing emotional wellness resources, a sense of community, peer support networks, and the guidance needed to build lasting resilience as they rise into their best selves.

Vision Statement

Living With Purpose & Courage

Creating a world where every woman lives with purpose, leads with courage, and embraces self-love as the foundation for lifelong growth, success, and a purposeful life.

How We Help

Bridging the Gap to Empowerment

Offering accessible, low-barrier, and trauma-informed care through three core pillars:

Supportive Group Experiences

1. Supportive Group Experiences

Building safe spaces where women can connect, share their stories, and heal together in structured peer circles.

Emotional Wellness Resources

2. Emotional Wellness Resources

Providing tangible tools and practices to manage stress, improve mental health, and cultivate self-love.

Solution-Focused Guidance

3. Solution-Focused Guidance

Offering actionable strategies, goal-setting workshops, and life skills to help women build resilience and independence.

Bola Soyemi portrait

Bola Soyemi, LMFT

Founder & Executive Director

About the Founder

Guided by Faith, Purpose, and Humility

"To whom much is given, much is expected."

The founder of Rising Women of Virtue is a woman of deep faith and unwavering purpose. Rooted in her African heritage and grounded in gratitude for the opportunities she has embraced, she carries a profound sense of humility and responsibility in every space she enters.

After decades supporting and uplifting students across higher education institutions, she followed her calling to serve women in a deeper, more intentional way. Today, as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, she uses her voice, compassion, and insight to empower women to rediscover their inner strengths and stand tall in their purpose.

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Join Our Community of Virtue

Whether you are looking to join a peer support group, volunteer your time, or pledge support for our upcoming initiatives, we welcome you with open arms.

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