GIVEN 2026 Cohort Action Plans
Applications Open for GIVEN’s 2026 Leadership Program! Apply today! Priority deadline is December 31! What is the GIVEN Catholic Young Women’s Leadership Program? Our program is designed to assist young adult Catholic women (ages 21-35) with a heart for mission and aptitude for leadership identify their particular gifts and find practical pathways to put them in the service of [...]
Sam Kelley
9 Years Later, GIVEN Mentor and Mentee Team up to Lead 100 Women: GIVEN Alumna Sam Kelley Sr. Mary Louise, OCD remembers sitting in the grass of the Catholic University of America lawn during the first GIVEN women’s forum in 2016, as her small group participant Samantha Kelley, described the new call to start a [...]
GIVEN 2026 Internships
2026-2027 GIVEN Internships Remote And In-Person (Washington, DC or Austin, TX) The GIVEN office is located within Theological College across the street from The Catholic University of America. 15 Hours/Week average 2026 Fall Internship Dates: Monday, October 19 - Friday, December 18, 2026 2027 Spring Internship Dates: Monday, February 1 - Friday, April 30, 2027 2027 Summer Internship Dates: [...]
Amanda Achtman
How One Woman Is Promoting Cultural Renewal by Preventing Euthanasia and Encouraging Hope: GIVEN Alumna Amanda Achtman “In this way the undestroyed dignity and majesty of woman are expressed. She preserves the mystery of life, the power opposed to death.” – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Daughter Zion: Meditations on the Church’s Marian Belief As [...]
Emily Kaiser
Location: Fargo, ND Job Title: Director of Mission Outreach Organization: Down Home Education: University of Mary Degree: Business Administration, BS, MBA Emily Kaiser, GIVEN '21 Please share a little about yourself - feel free to include a fun fact! I grew up in Moorhead, MN and graduated from the University of Mary with both my Bachelors [...]
Tara Wright
Location: Tulsa, OK Job Title: Artist & Business Owner Organization: Tara Wright Studio Education: University of Oklahoma Degree: Bachelor of Journalism, Advertising Tara Wright, GIVEN '16 Please share a little about yourself - feel free to include a fun fact! Hi! I'm Tara. I'm an artist, illustrator, small business owner, and award-winning writer and creator. More [...]
Emilia Tanu Chornay
Location: New York, NY Job Title: Director of Formation Organization: Seton Teaching Fellows Education: University of Maryland-College Park Degree: Chemical Engineering Emilia Tanu Chornay, GIVEN '19 Please share a little about yourself - feel free to include a fun fact! I am a wife and mother of two young children, living and working in NYC. I [...]
Victoria Smith
Location: Laurel, MD Job Title: Happiness Engineer Organization: Flocknote Education: University of Maryland Degree: Communications Victoria Smith, GIVEN '21 Please share a little about yourself - feel free to include a fun fact! Hi friends, I’m 31 years old and live in the DC area (kind of between Baltimore and DC to be honest). I [...]