(In July 2009 we deposited $1 in a bank account and since then, we have invested several million dollars of resources into our girls, their families and our community. When we started, there were new advocacy campaigns telling us how investing in girls is the key to ending poverty. We knew this could be the solution. However, our challenge was that we did not know exactly how to make those investments, how to keep girls in school, how to define empowerment and how to convince families that their daughters and sisters should be the ultimate priority in their homes.)(Charity, Good cause, nonprofit)(DR, Dominican Republic)(Lauren Chin)(mariposadrfoundation.org)