“I opened Girls Garage as a physical space where all girls, especially girls of color, would feel safe and inspired to exercise their personal voice and power. The fact that a space like this exists is in and of itself, a political statement, and the creativity that comes out of it naturally represents our hope, anger and identities.”
Author: Bethany Kaylor
Bethany Kaylor is the communications manager at Girls Garage, a building and design nonprofit for girls and gender-expansive youth in Berkeley, Calif. Her essays and short fiction can be found writing at Mid-American Review, CrimeReads, Entropy, LitHub and more.