Waukecha Wilkerson is a single parent of 3 amazing kids and graduate of Sacramento State University earning her BA in Psychology. She has also earned a certificate of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from Cornell University. Waukecha is an ICF certifying life coach and she dedicates her time as the Board Chair for Project Self-Sufficiency, Parent Advisor for Ascend at the Aspen Institute, and a Professional Expert for Coastline Community College providing coaching, consulting, and advocacy on behalf of student parents locally and nationally. When she is not being a mom, or a professional, she loves to invest in her peers and community by helping to guide and encourage others along their journey of self-empowerment and self-determination by providing workshops, informational resources, and support through her coaching company Won’t She Do It LLC.
Snapshots from the 2023 Ascend Parent Advisor Convening in Aspen, Colorado.
Waukecha Wilkerson is a single mother of 13-year-old and 4-year-old sons and a 6-year-old daughter. She graduated from Coastline Community College in ...
Governors, mayors, and families are on the front lines of communities coping with changes in the pandemic world. As the school year begins, the Aspen ...
The Aspen Postsecondary Success for Parents (PSP) Initiative is a partnership with Imaginable Futures and the ECMC Foundation to raise awareness about...
I could live a hundred years and cry everyday of those years, and those tears would still not be enough to express the exhaustion, pain, and outrage I...
Location: Virtual
Governors, mayors, and families are on the front lines of communities coping with changes in the pandemic world. In the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin, the Institute’s Education & Society and Ascend programs hosted...
Postsecondary education and employment pathways are core components of the two-generation (2Gen) approach. This commitment to educational success and economic security is of the utmost importance to single mothers pursuing a postsecondary degree or...
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
In this episode of #AscendTogether, Anne Mosle was joined by Vinice Davis from Imaginable Futures and Waukecha Wilkinson, one of Ascend’s Parent Advisors. They discussed the needs and superpowers of parents who are pursuing their postsecondary...