Press Releases - SisterMentors

For Immediate Release: Dr. Shireen Lewis, SisterMentors Founder, to be Honored with Prestigious Living Legacy Award for her Trailblazing Work.

Feb 6, 2026

Washington, DC 2/6/2026 – As SisterMentors counts down to its 30th anniversary in 2027, its Founder, Dr. Shireen Lewis, will be honored by Cohort Sistas with their Living Legacy Award for her trailblazing work helping women of color to achieve their dream of higher...

Tibetan Woman Makes History as One of First in West to Earn Doctorate

Mar 1, 2006

Losang Rabgey made history on March 1, 2006 as one of the first Tibetan women in the West to earn a doctorate. Rabgey was awarded her doctorate in Feminist Anthropology from the University of London, England. A participant in EduSeed's SisterMentors nonprofit program...

Leader of D.C. Nonprofit Honored by College for Distinguished Achievement

May 1, 2005

WASHINGTON, DC---Dr. Shireen Lewis, Executive Director of EduSeed and Founder of EduSeed's SisterMentors program, was honored by Douglass College on April 13, 2005, for her outstanding contribution to the education and mentoring of women and girls of color. Douglass...