At your pace, complete activities and listen to the history of Curls on the Block, opportunities to volunteer and complete basic assessments that will prepare you for the valuable work with curlfriends.

Analise Goree Analise currently works as a Communications Director at an education advocacy organization in Colorado. Hailing from Waukegan, Illinois, after obtaining a degree in Sociology and Communications at Creighton University, she moved to Denver in 2011 as a founding corps member of City Year Denver. Inspired by the year of service and evaluating her life goals, Analise pursued an alternative teaching license from Metropolitan State University and obtained her Master’s in Education with a certification in Special Education.

During her work as an educator for a decade, Analise realized that girls of color were often receiving extreme punishments, experiencing lower self esteem and essentially not having good self care starting as early as elementary school. Often times those issues were linked to their hair, not taking off a hoodie or bandana, being teased for a bad hair day and asking for basic supplies such as hair ties or hair gel.

In order to address the glaring issues, Analise started Curls on the Block in order to provide safe spaces for girls to explore beauty and hair care needs, eventually creating the STEAM standards based curriculum.