IMAGE AN ARMY OF YOUNG WOMEN
NOT AFRAID TO
TAKE UP SPACE
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STORY
Younger But Wiser is on a mission to inspire, challenge, and celebrate young women by fostering resilience, self-esteem, and leadership skills that last a lifetime.
What began as Camp Rocky Road, a summer camp dedicated to empowering girls, has grown into a dynamic community—home to a podcast, mentorship, and a network of support. Today, Younger But Wiser connects young women with accomplished, compassionate women who generously share their experience, insight, and love.
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FOUNDER
Recently featured in Forbes, the founder and CEO of her eponymous fashion label. Ripley deeply understands how hard work and creativity go hand in hand. Ripley is passionate about design, entrepreneurship and fostering leadership skills in young women. She teaches design to at-risk teen girls and leads mentorship workshops in character education for girls.
"It's time we shift how women speak, and thereby feel, about themselves. As a fashion designer, I'm up close and personal with women on a daily basis; and with them, their feelings of self-worth and confidence. Witnessing this complex relationship is what has driven me as a designer. I'm passionate about making clothes for women that allow them to stand out, feel strong, full of themselves, and ridiculously confident. It's my mission to start cultivating these qualities from an early age in young women. I want to be a part of creating a generation of young women with unapologetic self-esteem. I've seen it work with clothes, but now we must begin from the inside. Camp Rocky Road is a week spent with incredible female entrepreneurs, trailblazers, and visionaries. Being a female founder with relationships in the fashion world and beyond, I'm constantly connecting with women who are changing the world through their work. We'll spend a week digging in with these pioneering women using workshops to challenge, inspire, and create an actionable game plan for entering high school with a solid toolbox for success."
