Girls Advocating Leadership & Strength founder wins TD Bank Young Heroes Award
Sheryl Chen’s non-profit works to create more female CEOs
The accolades keep piling up for a young woman from Bay Ridge who singlehandedly created a community-based advocacy group aimed at empowering young, ambitious girls to pursue executive careers and become the CEOs of tomorrow.
And Sheryl Chen isn’t even in college yet.
Chen, 17, has been named a winner of a National Liberty Museum TD Bank Young Heroes Award. Chen, a recent graduate of Staten Island Technical High School, is headed for the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in the fall.