We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Future Female Scholars. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Future Female Scholars below.
Future Female Scholars, we’ve been so fortunate to work with so many incredible folks and one common thread we have seen is that those who have built amazing lives for themselves are also often the folks who are most generous. Where do you think your generosity comes from?
Our generosity comes from remembering what it felt like to not have support—especially as girls in STEM.
We co-founded Future Female Scholars as an education website and platform to make sure no student has to face that feeling alone. Both of us saw how expensive private tutoring could be, how inaccessible academic support felt in underserved communities, and how many girls were discouraged from pursuing STEM. That’s why we built a free, global platform where students can connect directly with volunteer tutors, get help in AP classes, and explore STEM without barriers.
We didn’t start this to check a box. We started it because we knew what it meant to be overlooked—and we wanted to build something that opened doors instead of closing them. Generosity, for us, is not just giving time or knowledge. It’s creating a system that gives others opportunities we didn’t always have.
Today, Future Female Scholars reaches students in over 120 countries with over 600 tutors. But every time we see a message from a girl saying “you helped me believe I could do this,” we’re reminded that generosity starts small—with a conversation, a connection, or a platform that says you belong here.
Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
We’re Claire and Vivian, co-founders of Future Female Scholars—a student-led education platform designed to make high-quality academic support accessible to everyone, especially girls in STEM.
At its core, Future Female Scholars is a free tutoring website and global forum where students can browse over 600 volunteer tutors from around the world and directly contact the ones that fit their academic needs. From AP Calculus to Physics to Computer Science, our platform makes it easy for students—regardless of background—to find personalized, one-on-one support without barriers.
What makes FFS special is its simplicity and scale: students get real help from real people, all for free. We’ve reached over 1.5 million students in more than 120 countries through our website, social media outreach, and global tutor network. Every tutor on our platform volunteers their time because they believe in the mission: that education should be equitable, empowering, and within reach.
We built this because we didn’t see anything like it growing up—so we created it. We hope our story shows that students don’t have to wait to make a difference; you can start where you are, with what you have, and build something that matters.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
Looking back, three qualities that were most impactful in our journey with Future Female Scholars are initiative, adaptability, and empathy.
Initiative was everything in the beginning. We didn’t have a roadmap or a team—just an idea and the drive to make it real. We didn’t wait for someone to give us permission or funding; we just started building. For anyone early in their journey, our advice is to stop overthinking and just begin. Even small actions build momentum.
Adaptability came next. Running a global education platform as high school students meant we had to learn fast—whether it was coding our site, managing hundreds of tutor posts, or handling unexpected challenges. We made mistakes, pivoted, and kept improving. Our advice here: be willing to figure things out as you go. You don’t have to know everything at the start—you just have to be willing to learn.
Empathy shaped how we built everything. We understood what it felt like to need help and not have it. That’s why our platform is simple, accessible, and completely free. Our advice is to always stay connected to the people you’re helping. When you build with empathy, people feel it—and that’s what creates real impact.
What’s been one of your main areas of growth this year?
Our biggest area of growth in the past 12 months has been learning how to lead at scale. When we first launched Future Female Scholars, we were just focused on getting it off the ground—setting up the forum, finding a few tutors, and helping anyone we could. But over the past year, as our platform grew to hundreds of tutors and over a million users, we had to shift from just being founders to being leaders of a global community. That meant improving how we communicate, delegate, organize systems, and think long-term. We learned how to manage people, solve problems faster, and stay grounded in our mission even as everything around us got bigger. It’s been challenging, but it’s also shown us that leadership isn’t about having all the answers—it’s about being willing to grow with your vision.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://futurefemalescholars.com
- Instagram: @future.female.scholars
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-female-scholars
- Other: Email: [email protected]
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