A Love Letter to Media Girls on Tour: Ten Years of Purpose, Seasons, and Sisterhood

To every Media Girl who has ever walked through our doors, attended an event, volunteered, purchased a subscription, shared a flyer, or simply whispered a prayer over this brand, this love letter is for you.

As I sit in reflection, celebrating eight years of Media Girls on Tour, my heart is fuller than ever. What started as a spark, an idea rooted in purpose, impact, and representation has grown into a movement, a community, and a safe space for women in media to dream big while becoming even bigger.

To Purpose

Media Girls on Tour was born with a mission to create media moments that matter. It was always bigger than panels, red carpets, or celebrity conversations. It was about equipping women to build sustainable careers, tell powerful stories, and feel seen, valued, and capable in an industry that often overlooks them. Purpose guided every choice, every flyer, every decision to keep going even in the moments when it felt hard.

To Consistency

Consistency is its own kind of love language. Showing up when the room was full. Showing up when the room was empty. Showing up when the world shifted and paused, and when it restarted again.

Year after year, consistency built a legacy. Not perfection—just the determination to keep moving forward, one event, one connection, one breakthrough moment at a time.

To Seasons & Shifts

These past 10 years have taught me that every season serves a purpose.

There were seasons of planting, full of ideas, hope, and quiet preparation. There were seasons of blooming when the rooms were packed, the opportunities overflowed, and Media Girls was everywhere.T here were seasons of pruning, when we had to shift, let go, rebuild, and reimagine what community truly means. And there were seasons of harvest, where we watched women who once walked into our events nervous and unsure now shine on carpets, host major shows, lead newsrooms, go viral, get hired, launch companies, and become forces in media.

To witness your growth has been the greatest honor of my career.

To Milestones

Media Girls on Tour has traveled the world, partnered with major brands, highlighted some of the industry’s most impactful media figures, and introduced thousands of women to each other’s brilliance.

We held dinners that felt like therapy. Panels that felt like affirmation. Events that felt like purpose and celebrations that felt like destiny.

Every milestone, big or small, exists because you showed up.

To You, Media Girl

Thank you for believing in this mission. Thank you for trusting this platform. Thank you for pouring into the sister beside you. Thank you for being brave enough to show up as your true, authentic self.

You are the reason this movement is still alive. Your consistency inspires mine. Your wins fuel my passion. Your dreams expand my vision.

As we step into the next chapter, I want you to know this, You belong here. You matter here. Your story still has pages left to write and Media Girls on Tour will continue to be a place where women evolve, connect, create, and push the culture forward.

Here’s to 10 years of purpose. 10 years of showing up. 10 years of magic we created together.

And here’s to everything still ahead. Because the best seasons our most powerful shifts are yet to come.

With love, gratitude, and unwavering faith,

Jelisa Raquel

CEO & Founder, Media Girls Network