About Our Founder
Meet Tiesha
Tiesha is the Founder and Executive Director of G3 – Ghetto Girls Golf and The Dax Foundation (501(c)(3)). A first-generation scholar and current STEM PhD student, she combines research, community organizing, and Black feminist principles to empower Black girls through golf, STEM, financial literacy, leadership, and reproductive justice education. She created G3 as the program she needed growing up in marginalized communities ; one that centers Black girls’ brilliance, autonomy, and joy.
Founder Story: Creating What I Once Needed
I created G3 because I know what it feels like to be a Black girl navigating the world without access, support, or visibility. I grew up in marginalized communities where opportunity was limited, and the world rarely reflected back the brilliance, leadership, or potential of girls who looked like me. I didn’t see programs that nurtured our identity, taught us financial tools, exposed us to elite spaces like golf, or gave us language to understand our bodies through a reproductive justice lens.
As a first-generation college student and now a Science Education PhD student, I know personally the battles Black girls fight ; academically, socially, financially, and emotionally. As a community organizer working in male-led spaces, I saw how systems often center men’s perspectives, leaving girls with fewer resources and fewer advocates.
G3 is the program I needed at 11, 14, and 17.
A place where:
- being a Black girl is celebrated
- golf becomes a gateway to confidence
- STEM becomes a space for creativity
- reproductive justice becomes empowerment
- financial literacy becomes generational change
- sisterhood becomes safety
I built G3 so Black girls don’t have to fight for access or identity alone.
I built G3 to create a legacy of joy, knowledge, and power.