SheWerksIt empowers women, fellow students

When Paisley Piasecki ('17), attended an event hosted by her favorite blogger and author last summer, she recognized a need for women. It was a need that inspired her to follow her entrepreneurial dreams.

“They started getting on the topic of business education, and they started to all say the same thing: ‘I wish someone had told me this when I was younger,’” Piasecki said. “I was sitting there thinking, ‘I sort of know what they’re talking about, but jokes on you. We don’t really have that for college kids right now.’”

Then came Piasecki’s solution — SheWerksIt. The startup website and brand aims to inspire college-aged women to find their passions and achieve career goals.

“I want girls to ask themselves, ‘What are you doing today that will change your world tomorrow?’” Piasecki said. “It can be the world around you, your world at school, the world inside your head … the idea of your world can be anything you want it to be. But what are you doing now that is going to help you tomorrow and get you one step closer?”

SheWerksIt includes a blog called The #Werkbook, a calendar featuring networking and education-oriented events in Boston and #Werkshops that Piasecki leads herself.