Mentorship
One-on-one and group connections that deepen trust and open pathways.
Community
Spaces where women connect across industries, generations, and shared experience.
Investment
Scholarships and internships that remove barriers to advancement.
Access
Speaker events, internships, and introductions that shift what is possible.
Our Pillars
What We Do
Creating Pathways that Last
Our programs are designed to meet women where they are and move them toward the futures they envision.
Mentorship Program
A year-round initiative that includes one-on-one mentor experiences, speaker events, panels, and other professional development opportunities.
Each element is designed to build skills, expand networks, and create lasting career pathways.
Tea Talk Events
Conversations that create space for honest dialogue about race, gender, and professional life. Our flagship Legal Tea Talk takes place each fall and centers girls and women entering the legal profession, offering both insight and connection from women who have navigated the field.
Internship Placements
Paid opportunities with local businesses, nonprofits, and corporations, paired with intentional mentorship that supports both professional growth and personal development.
About Us
The work of DiversiTea Divas began with women coming together around a table, reflecting on their journeys and the role that access and guidance could have played earlier in their lives. From those conversations, they created gatherings where young women could sit in community with professionals and begin to see new possibilities for themselves.
In New Orleans, the act of gathering in this way carries a deeper history. During the antebellum era, Black women created their own tea gatherings using borrowed china and shared resources, carving out space for connection, rest, and dignity. These gatherings evolved into tea rooms, dining spaces, and social clubs where Black women cultivated leadership, economic independence, and cultural pride.
Across generations, these spaces held conversations, strategies, and relationships that shaped communities, even when they were not formally named or widely documented.
DiversiTea Divas carries that lineage forward in a contemporary form. Our work remains rooted in connection while expanding into mentorship, career readiness, and access to professional opportunities. What begins around a table extends into classrooms, workplaces, and communities across New Orleans.
Over time, this work has reached more than 1,200 girls and young women, providing mentorship, career readiness support, scholarships, and early professional experiences that shape how participants move through school and into the workforce.
Today, we serve young women ages 16 to 24, centering Black girls and young women while welcoming participants from all backgrounds. Through mentorship, internship placement, scholarships, and sustained support, we build pathways that connect education to economic opportunity.
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“The scholarship helped me sustain housing and reliable transportation before having a car here in the city.”
Caitlin Douglas, DiversiTea Mentee 2022