About Team WAS
Program Mission
Our mission is to empower, educate and motivate women and their children to become self-sufficient and successful, through life skills education and mental health awareness.
Our goal is to promote self-sufficiency, stability, mental wellness and resiliency in the entire family.
Our vision is to break the cycle of poverty, homelessness, trauma and abuse.
Summary of Services
- Programs for Youth, Parents and Teachers
- Core life skills education modules
- Unique Workshops and Curriculum
- Dynamic Guest Speakers
- Customized Journals (Fear-less Journals)
- Copies Foreseeing Success book by Katie McClendon
- Individual Counseling (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
- Group Counseling
- Crisis Intervention
- Family Counseling if needed
- Field trips (compassion experience and Moreno Valley College) *additional cost
- Certificates of Completion
Workshops & Support Networks
Program Leadership
Program Leadership
Katie McClendon is an ambitious, motivated and respected businesswoman. She is the mother of three children and the Founder and Director of Women Achieving Success. Katie became a high school dropout and a teenage mother in a domestically abusive relationship. Fleeting with only her kids and the clothes on her back, she can tell a true survivor tale.
Not only did Katie survive domestic violence she is thriving as a member of her
community and her children are thriving and doing well in school. She holds an Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Studies with a concentration in Psychology, Associate of Arts Degree in Child Development from Los Angeles City College, a Child Development Teacher Permit from The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, is a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), and is also a Certified Domestic Violence Counselor.
Katie knows that no matter where you come from or what you go through, you are worthy of love and you can become successful.