DFSA Board of Directors

DFSA's 2021 Board of Directors is proud to support the organization for A Community Thrives! Read more about Dress for Success Austin below, and help us support and empower Austin women!

The mission of Dress for Success Austin is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and development tools to help them thrive in work and in life. Simply put, we help women get jobs and advance in their careers.

Since our opening in 2003, DFSA has served over 16,000 Central Texas women. In addition to providing professional clothing, we help women build the lifelong skills they need to succeed in their career through our six active workforce development programs, which are now operating completely virtually. The last eighteen months have been tough for all of us, but we have grown more passionate in our mission and remain dedicated to meeting Austin women where they are, no matter what.

We've been able to serve almost 900 individual women through virtual workshops, one-on-one career consulting, and mentoring programs since March of 2020. While these numbers are a huge win for us considering the circumstances, we are expecting a large influx of women in need when we reopen our office for in-person services in September.

It's no secret that women -- specifically women of color and young women -- have been impacted most by the pandemic. Women lost nearly 4.2 million net jobs since February of 2020, and while employment numbers are rising (women accounted for 56.2% of job gains in May 2021), statistics show that we would need more than 13 straight months of job gains at May's level to recover.

We want to help women get back to where they were before COVID-19, but we need your help.

See how the support we provide can change the lives of the women we serve in the video below. Myra came to us over 10 years ago, new to Texas and looking for help in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and now puts her chemistry degree to good use doing cancer research. Hear her story in her own words (you won't regret it).

Want more details on how we've been meeting women where they are during the pandemic? Check out our 2020 annual report here. All other information can be found on our website.