The Women Behind
SHE Rise Network
SHE Rise was built by two sisters who saw the same gap from different angles — and decided to do something about it. One builds the curriculum. The other builds the community. Together, they're building something that didn't exist when they needed it most.
Angela Gruss
Angela built SHE Rise because she was the woman it was built for. She showed up in her career hungry, capable, and ready — and spent years figuring out the hard way that ambition alone doesn't close the gap between potential and impact.
She watched it happen to the women around her too. Talented, driven women stalling not because they lacked ability, but because they lacked the specific tools nobody had bothered to teach them — the emotional infrastructure, the professional frameworks, the soft skills that aren't soft at all.
The C.A.L.M. Leader™ Framework is what Angela wished had existed when she needed it. It's built from lived experience, not theory — and it's designed to give the women she serves a shorter, clearer path to the leadership they're already capable of.
She wants the women who come to SHE Rise to know this: she's not here to fix you. She's here to hand you the tools and tell you the truth about what it actually takes.
Community Architect
Co-Founder bio and photo coming soon. She brings the heart of SHE Rise to life — building the community, culture, and member experience that makes this more than a curriculum. More to come.
Built by Women Who
Have Been Exactly Where You Are
Every decision we make about SHE Rise — the curriculum, the community, the culture — is filtered through one question: would this have helped us when we were in her position? If the answer is yes, we build it.
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