YWCA of Corpus Christi<\/a> will honor outstanding women in the community this Thursday at the White Women in Careers Awards, celebrating leadership, dedication, and excellence in their fields.<\/p>\nThe event will be held from\u00a06 to 9 p.m. at the Corpus Christi Country Club.<\/p>\n
Esmeralda Teran, representing the YWCA, said, \u201cWe are honoring five exceptional women \u2014\u00a0Dr. Nancy Vera, Susan Klaus, Dr. Esther Caribe, Laura Beink, and Mina Moore. These women\u00a0were selected\u00a0from more than 20 nominees for their incredible contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event will feature\u00a0best-selling author Marion Luna Brem as the keynote speaker. \u201cEveryone attending White WC on Thursday will receive one of her books,\u201d Teran said. \u201cIt\u2019s a chance to be inspired and take home something memorable.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to recognizing local leaders, the YWCA continues to offer impactful programs for teens in the community. Teran highlighted the new Power series, including Power in History, Power in Her, and Power in the Justice System, which educates youth on topics from mental health to cultural history.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe recently had a very successful Saturday for Power in History, where we taught about Black History Month and quilt making,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Tickets and tables are still available for the awards ceremony. Interested participants can purchase tickets here<\/a> or call 361-857-5661.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five local leaders recognized for dedication, leadership, and excellence during Thursday\u2019s event at Corpus Christi Country Club. CORPUS…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-186791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}