Through Girls Inc., Kris Canfield Provides Mentorship She Needed As A Girl

Arlington TX

21 October, 2021

6:20 PM

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By Kristen Barton, Fort Worth Report October 21, 2021 When Kris Canfield was a girl, she could run circles around others on the softball and soccer fields, but did not have the confidence to be "cute in a dress." She needed a role model to show her girls can wear cleats and heels — now she's making sure girls in Tarrant County have that example. Canfield, 34, is the chief development officer of Girls Inc. of Tarrant County, a nonprofit organization that helps mentor, develop and uplift young girls. Programming is available for girls ages 5 through their freshman year of college. The nonprofit works in school systems: The Tarrant County chapter is in Fort Worth, Arlington and Crowley ISDs. The programming team has backgrounds in social work and work with the students on college exposure, career readiness or Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. For the younger girls, the programming is centered more around literacy, especially for the Spanish-speaking students, Canfield said. The mentors also do anti-bullying work and self-esteem building activities. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.