EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- It's all to create space for more women in creative fields. Today, community leaders gathered at La Numbe to celebrate a new movement for women in the arts.
The Paso del Norte Community Foundation launched its new charitable fund, "Cowgirl Up." Founder Gina Roe-Davis said the fund aims to open doors for women in creative fields, where their voices are "often unheard."
"When I'm in meetings, I would see that they weren't well attended by women," Roe-Davis, who has entertainment experience, said. "And now it's just encouraging and educating girls and women that this is a career move."
La Nube CEO Gina Martinez said the STEAM discovery center believes curiosity creates change. It wants girls to know they "belong in every sound booth, stage, and studio-- because the