The.Well

Curated Safe Space for Women of Color*

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Behind every "first" or "only" is a successful woman blazing trails.

You might be a "first" - meaning, you were the first to go to college, the first to get a corporate job or the first to travel outside of the country. You might have been the first to hit $500,000 or more in your business. Or maybe, you were the first to seek therapy for the trauma many of us are ignoring.

You might be an "only". The only Black woman in your department. The only Filipina in marketing or maybe you're the only woman in tech.

Or maybe you're a trailblazer. The person every goes to when the hard questions need asking. The one who speaks up, speaks out and pushes the envelope.

There is a responsibility that comes with these titles and it probably means you're tired . . . REALLY tired. Which is why we created The.Well. We wanted to create a space for us to be nourished and supported as we navigate this thing we call life. And we figured, why not share what we're learning.

We work hard, and play harder. And we wanted a safe space where we can share our challenges knowing our experiences will be believed, our perspectives will be heard and our authentic selves will be seen.

The.Well Approach

Inclusivity and Community Engagement

The.Well is a space for women of color to identify resources for their business, career and their overall life while building connections within our community. We believe behind every successful woman is another successful woman who has her back. For that to be true, our space has to be filled with other women who see us, nurture us and support us.

Important Terms:

Woman: We use an inclusive definition of “woman” and “female” and we welcome anyone who identifies as such.

Woman of Color: Your race and culture combine to define you and in this space, when we use the term, we mean any woman of a race other than white.

Ally: A person who wholeheartedly agrees with the terms above, the mission of our space and has proven in their life and business that they support women of color, not only in words, but also in actions.

Mary Grace Gardner

Mary Grace is a corporate transformation leader, multi-passionate entrepreneur, and speaker who helps ambitious change-makers amplify their positive impact. Over the past decade, she has served as chief advisor to executives running multi-billion dollar companies as they reached higher levels of performance. Through a holistic approach based on growth mindset, design thinking and neuroscience leadership, clients develop a clear path to achieve their personal and professional goals. A champion for diversity, she co-founded an employee resource group focused on disability and she serves as chair for a foundation grant program supporting women and underrepresented groups in their pursuit of higher education and leadership roles in STEM and healthcare. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and three young children.

Stacey Gordon

A DEI champion as Founder of Rework Work, ardent supporter of women, and mother to three children, Stacey has spent decades supporting women in their careers. She is a founding member of Dress for Success and long-time volunteer, a co-Founder of the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Association of MBA Women, she was a career coach for many years and now works with corporations to improve hiring practices, create advancement opportunities and build inclusive workplace cultures. She combines nearly two decades of recruiting, career development, diversity and workplace culture to focus on reworking how companies work; including how they inclusively recruit, hire and engage employees, effectively creating inclusion and belonging for all. She lives in the Los Angeles area with her daughters.