My Girl Power wasn't born in a boardroom. It was born in a county commission meeting, sparked by one woman who saw something in another — and said yes.
In the early days of my public service, Alison Hughes recruited me to fill an open seat on the Pima County Tucson Women's Commission. She didn't know me well. She saw something in me and made room at the table.
For five years I served alongside her. I learned more from watching her lead than from any book I've read. Her style. Her grace. Her tenacity. Her spirit. She is a master class in everything My Girl Power stands for — and she made every woman in the room stand a little taller.
In 2026 I did something I had wanted to do for years: I nominated Alison for the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame — the very institution she helped launch decades ago. Full circle.
What began as a commission project has grown into a national series — and the next chapter writes itself in 2027.
Alison Hughes taps Lucy to fill an open commissioner seat. Five years of service begin. The first blog is written (still live on mygirlpower.org).
The first pathway icons — My Earthy Girl, My Finance Girl, My SOL Girl, My Space Girl, My Tech Girl — introduce a generation of girls to STEAM through a community challenge.
Partnerships emerge across state Chambers of Health, women's history organizations, and youth-serving nonprofits. The original site archives the work.
Former commissioners, new friends, old stories, and fresh laughs. The room was everything My Girl Power is about — it crystallized the call to reactivate.
Four pillars. Wingtappers Cube. Frances Munds Challenge. Pathway pages. eMag Book Maker. Full circle, next generation.
The institution she helped launch now considers her own place within it. The full-circle moment.
Eligible players and awardees travel to Washington, DC and New York City to attend the first annual Women's Convention and stand where the story began.
Former commissioners. New friends. Stories told three times and still funny. A generation of women who built a table and then pulled up another chair.
That afternoon is the reason we're here. Reactivation isn't nostalgia — it's the continuation of a legacy that never actually stopped.
In 2013, Alison Hughes filled an open commissioner seat with a near-stranger she believed in. That seat changed the shape of my life. Wingtapped.
In 2026, I nominated Alison for the AZ Women's Hall of Fame — the institution she launched. The seat she gave me is the one I'm now pulling out for her. This is what it looks like.
My Girl Power works because it stands on the shoulders of state-level partners who already do this work beautifully.
Each state's Chamber of Health Director is invited to host and co-brand a state's Honored Woman Challenge.
We invite state Halls of Fame to the table to help select honorees and amplify their stories.
Primary-source experts who help us keep the facts straight and the spirit intact. Arizona is our pilot partner.
Girl Scouts, Girls Inc., Rotary, local mentoring programs — any org ready to serve up the next generation of leaders.
Arizona is first. Here's what's on deck and where we're still looking for a partner.
Arizona's first celebrated suffragist. Statue in Bolin Park, AZ State Capitol.
Live NowFirst Black woman elected to Congress. First woman and Black American to seek a major-party presidential nomination.
Coming 2026Labor leader, civil rights activist, co-founder of the United Farm Workers.
Coming 2026Every state has a Frances. We need a partner in yours to tell her story. Apply to become a host state.
Partner NeededStart the Frances Munds Challenge, explore the pathway, or reach out to co-host an Honored Woman Challenge in your state.