Passion Creates Advocacy for BPW Young Careerist

Hats off to Trish McKeen, Owner and Executive Director for A New Awakening, Inc. Counseling Agency in Albuquerque, NM who won the Business and Professional Women (BPW) National Title of Young Careerist!

Trish competed at the National BPW Conference in Reno, NV, making her final speech to approximately 1,400 on “Why Mentor Girls at Risk?”

After hearing Trish recap the experience at last night’s local BPW meeting, I’m ready to endorse a Camp BPW program for New Mexico. Because Trish told us about the young girls, their reactions as well as her own, I understood more about her involvement.

Trish didn’t ask the audience to endorse advocacy. She explained how her one day immersion experience created and fostered it. “I am personally a mentor and I am a richer woman for that experience. It has taken strong women who came before me to not accept the status quo and as I stand here today I refuse to let any young girl believe she cannot achieve her dreams.”

Effective? Yes. Her comments reflected passion and authenticity, taking on eloquence as she recapped the experience with stories the audience could see and feel for themselves.

No wonder Trish is a National winner. She inspired our small group of 30 as she outlined her hopes of implementing a similar program in New Mexico.

Congratulations, Trish. We’re proud of you for your achievement and for setting a benchmark that we can aspire to as you show us how to make the world better. We’re proud that you walk your talk. We're proud that you're part of BPW/NM.