LFL was moved by the research that showed that middle school is a time when the self-esteem of middle school girls tends to plummet. In response, they created GirlSpeak, a program dedicated to lifting up the voices of young girls and women, at a time when they might feel like few around them value their voices. The initial program was created in partnership with Adelante Hispanic Achievers and involved latina girls and young women of middle school and high school ages. Over the many years of working with Adelante Hispanic Achievers through annual Norton Foundation grants, the program has grown more robust and expanded to include public GirlSpeak Elementary Drama Camps, GirlSpeak Middle Drama Camps and GirlSpeak after-school programming at area middle schools and high schools. The program is open to all youth of marginalized genders, including young women, girls and trans youth.