In the span of the last 30 years Miami transformed from a tourist destination into a top-tier global city with one of the nation’s fastest growing economies. Despite that transformation, the general perception remains in the beach-and-beauty mode of decades back. Miami women have to contend with the strongest negative misconceptions created by the hypersexualized image of “Miami girls” popularized by the media and perpetuated as public opinion. The result? - Many young women living in Miami hesitate to self-identify with the city.

In 2015 Miami Girls Foundation made it its mission to reshape this damaging stereotype. We launched the platform allowing Miami women to tell the story of the city they love and the communities they support on a daily basis.

With the many voices of Miami women we will change the narrative to engage all of Miami in inclusive prosperity.

We EMPOWER Miami communities by supporting local leaders working on the issues of equal access to vital resources, legal protections, financial stability and other issues contributing to the wellbeing of women.

We ENGAGE emerging leaders by connecting them to the existing causes and inspiring  civic participation.

We INSPIRE Miami women to shape a better future for themselves and the places they live in through leadership, community involvement, and mutual support. 

Ekaterina Juskowski is an interdisciplinary curator, independent researcher and photographer based between Miami, USA and Athens, Greece. Her practice brings together a range of topics from art history, social justice, gender, cultural heritage, and AI technologies. 

The Miami Girls Foundation project is based on her graduation thesis she worked on at the University of Central Florida where she studied Sociology with the focus on urban spaces and gender politics.